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For Pains
"I kill the evil; I kill the worm in the flesh, the worm in the grass. I put a venomous charm in the murderous pain. The charm that was set by Peter and Paul; the charm that kills the worm in the flesh, in the tooth, in the body."
This oration to be said three times, while the patient is rubbed with butter on the place of the pain.
Another.
A happy mild charm, a charm which Christ discovered. The charm that kills the worm in the flesh.
"May Peter take, may Paul take, may Michael take, the pain away, the cruel pain that kills the back and the life, and darkens the eyes."
This oration written, and tied to a hare's foot, is always to be worn by the person afflicted, hung round the neck.