es of the
thumb-nails meet at the end.
_Chestertown, Md._

852. Think of the one you love best, to cure hiccoughs.
_Prince Edward Island._

853. For chapped lips kiss the middle rail of a five-railed fence.
_Bernardston, Mass._

854. To relieve coughing or strangling, put a pair of scissors down
inside the back of your dress.
_Prince Edward Island._

855. Chew brown paper as a cure for nose-bleed.
_Eastern Massachusetts._

856. For nose-bleed, put a key down the back.

857. For nose-bleed, hold up the right arm.

858. For nose-bleed, place a wad of paper between the upper lip and the
gum.

859. You can keep from crying as you peel onions if you keep the mouth
closed.
_Northern Ohio._

860. Hold, by the points, two needles between your teeth, as you peel
onions, and you will not cry.
_Prince Edward Island._

861. Hold a needle between your teeth with the point out, while peeling
onions, and you'll not cry, _i.e._, will not feel the smart.

862. You will not cry in peeling onions if you hold a bit of bread in the
mouth.
_Prince Edward Island, Cambridge, Mass. (Irish)._

Or, put the bread on the point of the knife.
_Maine._

863. You will not cry in peeling onions if you let the faucet be open so
the water will run.
_Cambridge, Mass._

864. To bring up the palate when it drops and tickles the root of the
tongue, take a wisp of hair on the crown of the head and tie it up very
tight.
_Chestertown, Md._

865. Rubbing a sty with a gold ring will cure it.
_Prince Edward Island._

866. Cure a sty by rubbing it with a wedding ring.
_General._

867. A sty in the eye is cured by rubbing a gold ring on the eye three
mornings with a sign of the cross.
_Labrador._

868. A pebble in the mouth will ease thirst.
_Brookline, Mass._

869. A sore throat may be cured by binding about the neck on going to bed
one of the stockings which the patient has been wearing (no other one
will do).
_Somewhat general in the United States._

870. To cure the sore throat, take three handfuls of ashes with your left
hand, put into your left stocking, and bind it around your throat.
_Mattawamkeag, Me._

871. To burn the "little nerve" in the ear will cure the toothache forever.
_Northern Ohio._

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WARTS.

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