_Charm for the Ague.--_
"Cut a few hairs from the cross marked on a donkey's shoulders. Enclose
these hairs in a small bag, and wear it on your breast, next to the
skin. If you keep your purpose secret, a speedy cure will be the
result."
The foregoing charm was told to me a short time since by the agent of a
large landed proprietor in a fen county. My informant gravely added, that
he had known numerous instances of this charm being practised, and that in
every case a cure had been effected. From my own knowledge, I can speak of
another charm for the ague, in which the fen people put great faith, viz. a
spider, covered with dough, and taken as a pill.