...Scandinavian incantations. In healing a burn or scald, the operator chants the following stanza, — " Here come I to cure a burnt sore : If the dead knew...what the living endure, The burnt sore would burn яо more/' Having repeated these lines, which are alleged to have been communicated by the spirit...

...grow less and less, And die away among the ase [ashes]. At the same time throwing the little ashes held between the forefinger and thumb into the fire....living endure, The burnt sore would burn no more. [* This incantation seems founded on some legend of Christ's life ; it occurs in witch trials of the...

...Never mayst thou spread or speed, But aye grow less and less, And die away among the ase (ashes)." Burn. — To cure a burn, the following words are...repeated the above, blows his breath three times upon the burnt place. Elf shut. — A notion is prevalent, that when a cow is suddenly taken ill, she is...

...grow less and less, And die away among the ase [ashes]. At the same time throwing the little ashes held between the forefinger and thumb into the fire....repeated the above, blows his breath three times upon the burnt place. The above is recorded to have been communicated to a daughter who had been burned...

...grow less and less, And die away among the ase [ashes]. At the same time throwing the little ashes held between the forefinger and thumb into the fire....knew what the living endure, The burnt sore would bum no more. The operator, after having repeated the above, blows his breath three times upon the burnt...

...burns and scalds by breathing three times on the sore, and repeating each time : " Here comee I to care a burnt sore ; If the dead knew what the living endure. The burnt sore would burn no more." If that don't prove successful, the following will : " An angel came from the north. And he brought...

...woman, or a man a man, I consider it won't do any good at all." In Shetland, to cure a burn, these words are used : — " Here come I to cure a burnt...living endure, The burnt sore would burn no more." The person then blows three times upon the burnt place. Whenever anyone, too, is affected with that unpleasant...

...Ghost in His mouth, In the name, &c. In Shetland the following words are used to heal a burn : — Here come I to cure a burnt sore, If the dead knew...living endure The burnt sore would burn no more. The Sussex charm for the same purpose is different and can only be used with good effect on Sunday evening....

...was said over scalds or bnrns, after breathing three times on the part affected : ' Here comes l Ю cure a burnt sore ; If the dead knew what the living endure, The burnt sore would burn no more.' If that appeal failed, then the following was substituted and sung with additional emphasis : ' An...

...persons, and to cure them the wise man or woman consulted first of all repeated the following charm : " Here come I to cure a burnt sore, If the dead knew...the living endure, The burnt sore would burn no more ; " and then blew his or her breath three times on the burnt part. Any one afflicted with ringworm...