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night suddenly seized with a violent bleeding of the nose. Her 
husband was instantly dispatched to consult a familiar spirit, 
who lived at Black Heddon, which isnearly two miles distant. They 
both returned together, till they crossed a small stream; the 
wizard uttered some words to himself, and said, “‘I shall go no 
further ; you will find your wife better when you get home.” 
When the farmer got home, he found no improvement in his 
wife, he instantly returned to the village for further advice. 
His friend said, ‘‘ Ah, I forgot that other stream nearer your 
house ;” so they went both back till they crossed the second 
runner. He stopped and uttered the same words, and on reach- 
ing home, the patient had completely recovered Her husband 
considered the cure miraculous, “‘ seeing that she had bled,” to 
use his own words, “ nearly a hand-basinful of blood.” 
The Stramp Streener or Strainer.—A person skilled in this art, 
stamps with the foot on the part affected, and after the first 
pang, it is said to be painless. W.R., of Belsay Lake House, 
stramped, for sprain, the arm of J. T., and curedher. The limb 
ought afterwards to be bound up with an eel’s skin. 
Toothache—In former times, a pilgrimage was sometimes — 
made from this place to Winter’s stob, or gibbet, for a piece of 
the wood to rub the tooth with. 
Heart-grown, or Bewitched, a term applied to a sickly puny 
child, who does not grow. Such a child must be brought toa 
blacksmith of the seventh generation; this must be done before 
sunrise. The child is laid naked on the anvil, the smith raises 
the sledge hammer as if he were going to strike hot iron, but 
lets it come gently on the child’s body. This is done three times, 
and the child always thrives after this. 
To Cure Sores.—Mrs. R., of Kyloe House, had a sore leg. 
Her servant, who was my informant, was dispatched to Mrs. 
of Eland Hall, to borrow an Irish Stone. This is a stone brought 
from Ireland, and never permitted to touch English soil. The 
stone was put in a basket, and carried to the house where the 
patient resided; the leg was rubbed with it, and it was cured. 
They all considered that it would have been still more efficacious, 
if it had been brought and used by an Ivish person. Dolly B., 
