Charm For Removing A Stye From The Eye

: STORIES OF SATAN, GHOSTS, ETC.

Take an ordinary knitting needle, and pass it back and fore over the

stye, but without touching it, and at the same time counting its age,

thus--One stye, two styes, three styes, up to nine, and then reversing

the order, as nine styes, eight styes, down to one stye, and no stye.

This counting was to be done in one breath. If the charmer drew his

breath the charm was broken, but three attempts were allowed. The stye,

it was alleged, would die from that hour, and disappear in twenty-four

hours.



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