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Health and Happiness Tricks From Berkshire and Beyond
A Berkshire item lists curious folk remedies and superstitions. It cites wearing a ring from five aliver sixpences, blue beads or bacon for colds, hem lock leaves to make someone love you, spring water cures for whooping cough, a silver money bag for warts, scarlet worsted threads for sore throat, shamrock butter paste for lumbago, briar twigs used in sprains, and a ritual to unite twig ends for healing.
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