Take nine pieces of young elder twig; run a thread of silk of three
strands through the pieces, each piece being an inch long. Tie this
round the patient’s neck next the skin. Should the thread break and the
amulet fall, it must be buried deep in the earth and another amulet
made like the first, for if once it touches the ground the charm is
lost.
_Another._
Take nine pieces of a dead man’s skull, grind them to powder, and then
mix with a decoction of wall rue. Give the patient a spoonful of this
mixture every morning fasting, till the whole potion is swallowed. None
must be left, or the dead man would come to look for the pieces of his
skull.