Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England. Being a ...

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2. A head bath for that ; boil willow leaves in water, Book T.
wash with that, ere thou sinear it, and pound tlie
leaves so sodden, bind on at night, till they be dry,
that thou may after smear with the salve ; do so for
thirty nights, longer if need for it be. In order that
the hair may not wax ; take emmets eggs, rub them
up, smudge on the place ; never will any hair come
up there.
3. If hair be too thick, take a swallow, burn it to
ashes under a tile, and have the ashes shed on.
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1. For a horses leprosy,^ take the harewort,
pound it well, then mingle with fresh butter,
boil thoroughly in butter, put it on the horse as hot
as possible, smear every day, always apply the salve.
If the leprosy be mickle, take piss, heat it with stones,
wash the horse with the piss so hot ; when it is dr}'',
smear with the salve, apply also leechdoms inwardl3^
Again, take runnings of salt, heat them, wash with
that, and when it is dry, smear with fishes grease. If
a horse be galled, take stichwort, and goutweed, and
maythe, pound well, add butter, wring it wetting it
through a cloth, add white salt, shake thoroughly,
leech the gall therewith. For a horses gall, take ashthroat,
and the upward part of goutweed, and rosemary
also, pound together, boil in fat and in butter, strain
through a cloth,
smear therewith.
2. If a horse or other neat be elf shot,^ take sorrel
seed and Scottish wax, let a man sing twelve masses
over it, and put holy water on the horse, or on whatsoever
neat it be, have the worts always with thee.
o. For the same ; take an eye of a broken needle,
give the horse a prick luith it behind in the barrel,
no harm shall
come.
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Grease in the legs
- The Scottish phrase for this disease ; see the Glossary.