Liverpool.
_Hair cut off, an Antidote._--A few days ago I observed my old servant
thrusting something into the ear of one of my cows. Upon inquiry, I was
informed that it was hair cut off the calf's tail, the said calf having
been taken away from the cow on the previous morning: the butcher cut it
off, for the above purpose, "to make her forget the calf." I half resolved
on sending this account to "N. & Q.," but I hesitated, under the idea that
it would perhaps hardly be worth the while. But this afternoon my eye
caught the following scrap in a newspaper just published:
"At Oldham, last week, a woman summoned the owner of a dog that had
bitten her. She said that she should not have adopted this course had
the owner of the animal given her some of its hair, to ensure her
against any evil consequences following the bite."
There is so much similarity in the two cases, that I now would ask whether
your readers can throw any light on the subject?