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SOME OWD SHROPSHIRE CURES part one

Ow bin’ee me owd butties? I hope that you inna ailing and i canna gurantee that these ‘ull work so i’d better say dunna try these at whum.

Whooping Cough

eat ground woodlice mixed with sugar

milk drunk frum an ivy-wood cup (should be cut at a particular change of the moon)

take a trip to the gaswurks

wear a hairy caterpillar in a bag around the neck

Disease (non specific) –

pass a child through the arch of a rooted briar

Rheumatism

wear a piece of elder next to the skin

a medicine made frum willow bark

Common cold

blackcurrant tea

hot boiled onions

Catarrh

Jasmine tea

well that’s enough chunnerin frum me fer one day, take care and stay safe