A Suffolk clergyman listed for Chambers the cures still trusted in his parish. A ruptured child was passed through a split young tree, and would mend if the tree grew together again. A ring made from a sacramental shilling was sought against epilepsy, spiders and cobwebs were taken for ague, and ague could also be cured by a sudden fright. Anyone suffering from whooping cough would ask a man riding a piebald horse what to do for it, and follow his advice.
Suffolk cures
3 June · Suffolk
Lore and belief
Ruptured children are expected to be cured by being passed through a young tree, which has been split for the purpose.
From Chambers's Book of Days, vol. 1, pp. 732-733. Read the original
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