Arts And Remedies. To Make Horses Eat : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO MAKE HORSES THAT REFUSE THEIR FEED TO EAT AGAIN--ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE WHEN THEY ARE AFFLICTED IN THIS MANNER ON THE PUBLIC ROADS. Open the jaws of the horse, which refuses his feed, and knock three times on his palate. This...
Arts And Remedies. Walk Securely : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO WALK AND STEP SECURELY IN ALL PLACES. Jesus walketh with ["name"]. He is my head; I am his limb. Therefore walketh Jesus with ["name"]. + + +
Arts And Remedies. Remove Pain And Heal Wounds : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO REMOVE PAIN AND HEAL UP WOUNDS WITH THREE SWITCHES. With this switch and Christ's dear blood, I banish your pain and do you good! + + + Mind it well: you must in one cut, sever from a tree, a young branch pointing toward sunrise...
Arts And Remedies. Warding Cattle From Witchcraft : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO BE GIVEN TO CATTLE AGAINST WITCHCRAFT. S A T O R A R E P O T E N E T O P E R A R O T A S This must be written on paper and the cattle made to wallow it in their feed.
Arts And Remedies. Eye Scum : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO REMOVE A SCUM OR SKIN FROM THE EYE. Before sunrise on St. Bartholomew's Day, you must dig up four or five roots of the dandelion weed, taking good care to get the ends of the roots; then you must procure a rag and a thread th...
Arts And Remedies. Colic : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD REMEDY FOR THE COLIC. I warn ye, ye colic fiends! There is one sitting in judgment, who speaketh: just or unjust. Therefore beware, ye colic fiends! + + +
Arts And Remedies. Conflagration : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO PREVENT CONFLAGRATION. Take a black chicken, in the morning or evening, cut its head off and throw it upon the ground; cut its stomach out, yet leave it altogether; then try to get a piece of a shirt which was worn by a chaste...
Arts And Remedies. Headache : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], CURE FOR THE HEADACHE. Tame thou flesh and bone, like Christ in Paradise; and who will assist thee, this I tell thee ["name"] for your repentance sake. + + + This you must say three times, each time lasting for three minutes...
Arts And Remedies. To Attach A Dog To A Person : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO ATTACH A DOG TO A PERSON, PROVIDED NOTHING ELSE WAS USED BEFORE TO EFFECT IT. Try to draw some of your blood, and let the dog eat it along with his food, and he will stay with you. Or scrape the four corners of your table while...
Arts And Remedies. Prevent Fire : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A BENEDICTION TO PREVENT FIRE. "The bitter sorrows and the death of our dear Lord Jesus Christ shall prevail. Fire and wind and great heat and all that is within the power of these elements, I command thee, through the Lord Jesus...
Arts And Remedies. To Win Every Game : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO WIN EVERY GAME ONE ENGAGES IN. Tie the heart of a bat with a red silken string to the right arm, and you will win every game at cards you play.
Against Sickness And Theft : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], AGAINST BURNS. Our dear Lord Jesus Christ going on a journey, saw a firebrand burning; it was Saint Lorenzo stretched out on a roast. He rendered him assistance and consolation; he lifted his divine hand and blessed the brand; he...
Arts And Remedies. Scurvy And Sore Throat : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], FOR THE SCURVY AND SORE THROAT. Speak the following, and it will certainly help you: Job went through the land, holding his staff close in the hand, when God the Lord did meet him, and said to him: Job, what art thou grieved...
Bots In Horses : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE CATTLE RETURN HOME. Feed your cattle out of a pot or kettle used in preparing your dinner, and they will always return to your stable.
Appendix. Wasp Or Bee Sting : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 72 FOR THE STING OF A WASP OR BEE. A Liverpool paper states as follows: "A few days ago, happening to be in the country, we witnessed the efficacy of the remedy for the sting of a wasp mentioned in one of our late papers...
Bots In Horses. Part 1 : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], CURE FOR THE EPILEPSY. Take a turtle dove, cut its throat, and let the person afflicted with epilepsy, drink the blood.
Arts And Remedies. Benedictions Against Enemies : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A BENEDICTION FOR AND AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. The cross of Christ be with me; the cross of Christ overcomes all water and every fire; the cross of Christ overcomes all weapons; the cross of Christ is a perfect sign and blessing to my...
Arts And Remedies. Eye Water : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO MAKE A GOOD EYE-WATER. Take four cents' worth of white vitriol, four cents' worth of prepared spicewort (calamus root), four cents' p. 18 worth of cloves, a gill of good whiskey and a gill of water. Make the calamus fine and mix...
Arts And Remedies. Remove Wen : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO REMOVE A WEN DURING THE CRESCENT MOON. Look over the wen, directly towards the moon, and say "Whatever grows, does grow; and whatever diminishes, does diminish." This must be said three times in the same breath.
Arts And Remedies. Worms : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A BENEDICTION AGAINST WORMS. Peter and Jesus went out upon the fields; they ploughed three furrows, and ploughed up three worms. The one was white, the other was black, and the third one was red. Now all the worms are dead...
Arts And Remedies. More Charms : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 57 A VERY EFFECTIVE CHARM. I ("name") conjure thee, sword or knife, as well as all other weapons, by that spear which pierced Jesus' side, and opened it to the gushing out of blood and water, that he keep me from injury as one...
Arts And Remedies. Spring Tails Or Ground Fleas : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A RECIPE FOR DESTROYING SPRING-TAILS OR GROUND-FLEAS. Take the chaff upon which children have been lying in their cradles, or take the dung of horses, and put that upon the field, and the spring-tails or ground-flees will no longer...
Arts And Remedies. A Well Tried Charm : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A WELL-TRIED CHARM. Three holy drops of blood have passed down the holy cheeks of the Lord God, and these three holy drops of blood are placed before the touchhole. As surely as our dear lady was pure from all men, as surely shall...
Arts And Remedies. Bots Or Worms In Horses : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD REMEDY TO DESTROY BOTS OR WORMS IN HORSES. You must mention the name of the horse, and say: "If you have any worms, I will catch you by the forehead. If they be white, brown or red, they shall and must now all be dead."...
Next. Immobilizing A Thief : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO SPELL-BIND A THIEF HE THAT HE CANNOT STIR. This benediction must be spoken on a Thursday morning, before sunrise and in the open air: "Thus shall rule it, God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen. Thirty-three Angels...
Arts And Remedies. Warts : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO DESTROY WARTS. Roast chicken-feet and rub the warts with them; then bury them under the eaves.
Arts And Remedies. Wheal In The Eye : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD AND CERTAIN MEANS OF DESTROYING THE WHEAL IN THE EYE. Take a dirty plate; if you have none, you can easily dirty one, and the person for whom you are using sympathy shall in a few minutes find the pain much relieved...
Appendix. Peaches : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], PEACHES. The flowers of the peach-tree, prepared like salad, opens the bowels, and is of use in the dropsy. Six or seven peeled kernels of the peach-stone, eaten daily, will ease the gravel; they are also said to prevent...
Arts And Remedies. Make Cattle Return Home : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO MAKE CATTLE RETURN TO THE SAME PLACE. Pull. out three small bunches of hair, one between the horns, one from the middle of the back, and one near the tail, and make your cattle eat it in their feed. ANOTHER METHOD OF MAKING...
Arts And Remedies. Against Mishaps And Dangers : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], AGAINST MISHAPS AND DANGERS IN THE HOUSE. Sanct Matheus, Sanct Marcus, Sanct Lucas, Sanct Johannis.
Testimonials : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 6 TESTIMONIALS Which go to show at any time, that I, Hohman, have successfully applied the prescriptions of this book. BENJAMIN STOUDT, the Son of a Lutheran schoolmaster, at Reading, suffered dreadfully from a wheal in the eye...
Arts And Remedies. Consumption : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD REMEDY FOR CONSUMPTION. Consumption, I order thee out of the bones into the flesh, out of the flesh upon the skin, out of the skin into the wilds of the forest. + + +
Arts And Remedies. Worms In Men And Cattle : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A good Remedy for Worms, to be used for men as well as for Cattle: Mary, God's Mother, traversed the land, Holding three worms close in her hand; One was white, the other was black, the third was red. This must be repeated three...
Arts And Remedies. Lice : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO DESTROY CRAB-LICE. Take capuchin powder, mix it with hog's lard, and smear yourself with it. Or boil cammock, and wash the place where the lice keep themselves.
Arts And Remedies. Mad Dog Bite : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], CURE FOR THE BITE OF A MAD DOG. A certain Mr. Valentine Kittering, of Dauphin County, has communicated to the Senate of Pennsylvania a sure remedy for the bite of any kind of mad animals. He says that his ancestors had already used...
Appendix. Dyes : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO DYE A MADDER RED. For each pound of cloth, soak half a pound of madder in a brass kettle over night, with sufficient warm water to cover the cloth you intend to dye. Next morning put in two ounces of madder compound for every...
Arts And Remedies. Fever : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD REMEDY FOR THE FEVER. Good morning, dear Thursday! Take away from ["name"] the 77-fold fevers. Oh! thou dear Lord Jesus Christ, take them away from him! + + + This must be used on Thursday for the first time, on p. 12 Friday...
Arts And Remedies. Swallow Wort : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 22 SWALLOW-WORT. A means to overcome and end all fighting and anger, and to cause a sick man to weep when his health is restored, or to sing with a cheerful voice when on his death bed; also a very good remedy for dim eyes...
Arts And Remedies. Painful Teething : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 30 A GOOD WAY TO CAUSE CHILDREN TO CUT THEIR TEETH WITHOUT PAIN. Boil the brain of a rabbit and rub the gums of the children with it, and their teeth will grow without pain to them.
Arts And Remedies. To Fasten Or Spell Bind : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO FASTEN OR SPELL-BIND ANYTHING. You say, "Christ's cross and Christ's crown, Christ Jesus' colored blood, be thou every hour good. God, the Father, is before me; God, the Son, is beside me; God, the Holy Ghost, is behind me...
Arts And Remedies. Worms In Bee Hives : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD WAY TO DESTROY WORMS IN BEE-HIVES. With very little trouble and at an expense of a quarter dollar, you can certainly free your bee-hives from worms for a whole year. Get from an apothecary store the powder called Pensses...
Arts And Remedies. Swellings : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], AGAINST SWELLINGS. "Three pure virgins went out on a journey to inspect a swelling and sickness. The first one said, It is hoarse. The second said, It is not. The third said, If it is not, then will our Lord Jesus Christ come."...
Arts And Remedies. Binding Wounds : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO TIE UP AND HEAL WOUNDS Speak the following: "This wound I tie up in three p. 49 names, in order that thou mayest take from it heat, water, falling off of the flesh, swelling, and all that may be injurious about the swelling...
Arts And Remedies. To Be At All Times Blessed : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO PREVENT BEING CHEATED, CHARMED OR BEWITCHED, AND TO BE AT ALL TIMES BLESSED. Like unto the cup and the wine, and the holy supper, which our dear Lord Jesus Christ gave unto his dear disciples on Maunday Thursday, may the Lord...
Arts And Remedies. Hollow Horn In Cows : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], FOR THE HOLLOW HORN IN COWS. Bore a small hole in the hollow horn, milk the same cow, and squirt her milk into the horn; this is the best cure. Use a syringe to squirt the milk into the horn.
Arts And Remedies. Rats And Mice : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD METHOD OF DESTROYING RATS AND MICE. Every time you bring grain into your barn, you must, in putting down the three first sheaves, repeat the following words: "Rats and mice, these three sheaves I give to you, in order th...
Arts And Remedies. Weakness Of Limbs : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO CURE WEAKNESS OF THE LIMBS. Take the buds of the birch tree, or the inner bark of the root of the tree at the time of the budding of the birch, and make a tea of it, and drink it occasionally through the day. Yet, after...
Arts And Remedies. Fits Or Convulsions : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO CURE FITS OR CONVULSIONS. You must go upon another person's land, and repeat the following words: "I go before another court--I tie up my 77-fold fits." Then cut three small twigs off any tree on the land; in each twig you must...
Arts And Remedies. Fever, Worms, And Colic : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], REMEDY FOR FEVER, WORMS, AND THE COLIC. Jerusalem, thou Jewish city, In which Christ our Lord, was born, p. 25 Thou shalt turn into water and blood, Because it is for ["name"] fever, worms, and colic good.
Appendix : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 77 INDEX TO THE ARTS AND REMEDIES CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK. Preface, to the first edition of this little Book 3 TESTIMONIALS of cures performed by the Author 6 POSTSCRIPT AND PRAYERS, by the Author 8 ARTS AND REMEDIES. A good...
Arts And Remedies. To Treat A Cow After Milk : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO TREAT A COW AFTER THE MILK IS TAKEN FROM HER. Give to the cow three spoonfuls of her last milk, and say to the spirits in her blood: "Ninny has done it, and I have swallowed her in the name of God the Father, the S...
Arts And Remedies. The White Swelling : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD REMEDY FOR THE WHITE SWELLING. Take a quart of unslacked lime, and pour two parts of water on it; stir it well and let it stand over night. The scum that collects on the lime-water must be taken off, and a pint...
Arts And Remedies. The Poll Evil In Horses : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO CURE THE POLL-EVIL IN HORSES, IN TWO OR THREE APPLICATIONS. Break off three twigs from a cherry-tree: one towards morning, one towards evening, and one towards mid. night. Cut three small pieces off the hind part of your shirt...
Arts And Remedies. Relieving Painful Wounds : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO TAKE THE PAIN OUT OF A FRESH WOUND. Our dear Lord Jesus Christ had a great many biles and wounds, and yet he never had them dressed. They did not grow old, they were not cut, nor were they ever found running. Jonas was blind...
Arts And Remedies. Bad Wounds And Burns : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 15 A GOOD REMEDY FOR BAD WOUNDS AND BURNS. The word of God, the milk of Jesus' mother, and Christ's blood, is for all wounds and burnings good. + + + It is the safest way in all these cases to make the crosses with the h...
Arts And Remedies. Pains : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO STOP PAINS OR SMARTING IN A WOUND. Cut three small twigs from a tree--each to be cut off in one cut--rub one end of each twig in the wound, and wrap them separately in a piece of white paper, and put them in a warm and dry place.
Appendix. Dropsy : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], CURE FOR DROPSY. Dropsy is a disease derived from a cold humidity, which passes through the different limbs to such a degree that it either swells the whole or a portion of them. The usual symptoms and precursors of every case...
Arts And Remedies. Unlucky Days : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], + + + UNLUCKY DAYS, TO BE FOUND IN EACH MONTH. Whoever is born upon one of these days is unfortunate and suffers much poverty; and whoever takes sick on one of these days seldom recovers health; and those who engage or marry...
Arts And Remedies. Convulsive Fevers : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO BANISH CONVULSIVE FEVERS. Write the following letters on a piece of white paper, sew it on a piece of linen or muslin, and bang it around the neck until the fever leaves you: p. 17 A b a x a C a t a b a x A b a x a C a t a b a x...
Arts And Remedies. How To Obtain Things Which : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO OBTAIN THINGS WHICH ARE DESIRED. If you call upon another to ask for a favor, take care to carry a little of the five-finger grass with you, and you shall certainly obtain that you desired.
Bots In Horses. Part 2 : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO PREPARE A GOOD EYE-WATER. Take one ounce of white vitriol and one ounce of sugar of lead, dissolve them in oil of rosemary, and put it in a quart bottle, which you fill up with rose-water. Bathe the eyes with it night...
Arts And Remedies. To Prevent Bad People : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO PREVENT BAD PEOPLE FROM GETTING ABOUT THE CATTLE. Take wormwood, gith, five-finger weed, and assaftida; three cents' worth of each; the straw of horse p. 41 beans, some dirt swept together behind the door of the stable...
Arts And Remedies. Preventing Attack : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 61 A PECULIAR SIGN TO KEEP BACK MEN AND ANIMALS Whenever you an in danger of being attacked then carry this sign with you: "In the name of God, I make the attack. May it please my Redeemer to assist me. Upon the holy assistant...
Arts And Remedies. Slander : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD REMEDY AGAINST CALUMNIATION OR SLANDER. If you are calumniated or slandered to your very skin, to your very flesh, to your very bones, cast it back upon the false tongues. + + + Take off your shirt, and turn it wrong side...
Arts And Remedies. A Wand For Searching : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO MAKE A WAND FOR SEARCHING FOR IRON, ORE OR WATER. On the first night of Christmas, between 11 and 12 o'clock, break off from any tree a young twig of one year's growth, in the three highest names (Father. Son. and Holy Ghost)...
Arts And Remedies. Gypsy Protection Sentence : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A DIRECTION FOR A GYPSY SENTENCE, TO BE CARRIED ABOUT THE PERSON AS A PROTECTION UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. Like unto the prophet Jonas, as a type of Christ, who was guarded for three days and three nights in the belly of a whale...
Arts And Remedies. Wounds : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD CURE FOR WOUNDS. Take the bones of a calf, and burn them until they turn to powder, and then strew it into the wound. The powder prevents the flesh from putrefying, and is therefore of great importance in healing the wound.
Arts And Remedies. From Albertus Magnus : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A REMARKABLE PASSAGE FROM THE BOOK OF ALBERTUS MAGNUS. It says: If you burn a large frog to ashes, and mix the ashes with water, you will obtain an ointment that will, if put on any place covered with hair, destroy the hair...
Arts And Remedies. Wen On Horse : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO CURE ANY EXCRESCENCE OR WEN ON A HORSE. Take any bone which you accidentally find, for you p. 26 dare not be looking for it, and rub the wen of the horse with it, always bearing in mind that it must be done in the decreasing...
Title Page : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], JOHN GEORGE HOHMAN'S POW-WOWS; OR, LONG LOST FRIEND A COLLECTION OF MYSTERIOUS AND INVALUABLE ARTS AND REMEDIES, FOR MAN AS WELL AS ANIMALS. WITH MANY PROOFS Of their virtue and efficacy in healing diseases, etc., the greatest part...
Arts And Remedies. To Prevent Cherries : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 21 TO PREVENT CHERRIES FROM RIPENING BEFORE MARTINMAS. Engraft the twigs upon a mulberry-tree, and your desire is accomplished.
Appendix. Soap : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], SOAP POWDERS. Take one pound of hard soap, cut it fine, and mix with it one pound of soda ash. This article is much used, and its preparation, we believe, is a "great secret."
Arts And Remedies. Tape Worm : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO DESTROY A TAPE-WORM. Worm, I conjure thee by the living God, that thou shalt flee this blood and this flesh, like as God the Lord will shun that judge who judges unjustly, although he might have judged aright. + + +
Arts And Remedies. To Increase The Growth Of Wool : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD MEANS TO INCREASE THE GROWTH OF WOOL OR SHEEP, AND TO PREVENT DISEASE AMONG THEM. William. Ellis, in his excellent work on the manner of raising sheep, relates the following: a tenant who had a flock of sheep th...
Preface : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 2 p. 3 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS USEFUL BOOK. THE author would have preferred writing no preface whatever to this little book, were it not indispensably necessary, in order to meet the erroneous views some men...
Arts And Remedies. Rheumatism : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD AND SAFE REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM. From one to two dollars have often been paid for this recipe alone, it being the best and surest remedy to cure the rheumatism. Let it be known therefore: Take a piece of cloth, some tape...
Arts And Remedies. To Prevent The Hessi : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO PREVENT THE HESSIAN FLY FROM INJURING THE WHEAT. Take pulverized charcoal, make ley of it, and soak the seed wheat in it; take it out of the ley, and on every bushel of wheat sprinkle a quart of urine; stir it well, then spread...
Arts And Remedies. Hunting Talismans : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], THE TALISMAN. It is said that anyone going out hunting and carrying it in his game-bag, cannot but shoot something worth while and bring it home. An old hermit once found an old, lame huntsman in a forest, lying beside the road...
Appendix. Epilepsy : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 65 APPENDIX. The following remedy for Epilepsy was published in Lancaster (Pa.) papers, in the year 1828. TO SUFFERING HUMANITY. We ourselves know of many unfortunate beings who are afflicted with epilepsy, yet how many more may...
Arts And Remedies. Sore Eyes : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO MAKE AN OIL OUT OF PAPER, WHICH IS GOOD FOR SORE EYES. A man from Germany informed me that to burn two sheets of white paper would produce about three drops of oil or water, which would heal all sores in or about the eye if...
Arts And Remedies. Bruises And Pains : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO REMOVE BRUISES AND PAINS. Bruise, thou shalt not heat; Bruise, thou shalt not sweat; Bruise, thou shalt not run, No-more than Virgin Mary shall bring forth another son. + + +
Appendix. Diarrha : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], DIARRHA MIXTURE. Take one ounce tinct. rhubarb, one ounce laudanum, one ounce tinct. Cayenne pepper, one ounce spirits of camphor. Dose, from ten to thirty drops for an adult.
Arts And Remedies. Sore Mouth : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO HEAL A SORE MOUTH. If you have the scurvy, or quinsy too, I breathe my breath three times into you. + + +
Arts And Remedies. Epilepsy : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A REMEDY FOR EPILEPSY, PROVIDED THE SUBJECT HAD NEVER FALLEN INTO FIRE OR WATER. Write reversedly or backwards upon a piece of paper: "IT IS ALL OVER!" This is to be written but once upon the paper; then put it in a scarlet-red...
A Well Tried Charm : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], IN CONCLUSION THE FOLLOWING MORNING PRAYER IS GIVEN, WHICH IS TO BE SPOKEN BEFORE ENTERING UPON A JOURNEY. IT PROTECTS AGAINST ALL MANNER OF BAD LUCK. Oh, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, yea, a King over the whole world...
Arts And Remedies. Sweeney In Horses : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 27 TO CURE THE SWEENEY IN HORSES. Take a piece of old bacon, and cut it into small pieces, put them in a pan and roast them well, put in a handful of fish-worms, a gill of oats and three spoonfuls of salt into it; roast...
Burns. Part 5 : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO HEAL BURNS. Pound or press the juice of male fern, and put it on the burnt spots and they will heal very fast. Better yet, however, if you smear the above juice upon a rag, and put it on like a plaster.
Arts And Remedies. Whooping Cough : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO BANISH THE WHOOPING COUGH. Cut three small bunches of hair from the crown of the head of a child that has never seen its father; sew this hair up in an unbleached rag and hang it around the neck of the child having the whooping...
Arts And Remedies. Fire And Pestilence : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A SAFE AND APPROVED MEANS TO BE APPLIED IN CASES OF FIRE AND PESTILENCE. Welcome, thou fiery fiend! do not extend further than thou already hast. This I count unto thee as a repentant act, in the name of God the Father, the S...
Arts And Remedies. Charms : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A CHARM TO BE CARRIED ABOUT THE PERSON Carry these words about you, and nothing can hit you: Ananiah, Azariah, and Missel, blessed be the Lord, for he has redeemed us from hell, and has saved us from death, and he has redeemed us...
Walk Securely. Part 1 : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO STOP BLEEDING. Count backwards from fifty inclusive till you come down to three. As soon as you arrive at three, you will be done bleeding.
Burns. Part 1 : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO STOP BLEEDING. I walk through a green forest; There I find three wells, cool and cold; The first is called courage, p. 34 The second is called good, And the third is called stop the blood. + + +
Arts And Remedies. Hysterics : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 10 JOHN GEORGE HOHMAN'S POW-WOWS ON ARTS AND REMEDIES. A good Remedy for Hysterics (or Mother Fits), to be used three times.--Put that joint of the thumb which sits in the palm of the hand op the bare skin covering the small...
Arts And Remedies. To Stop Bleeding : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO STOP BLEEDING AT ANY TIME. Write the name of the four principal waters of the whole world, flowing out of Paradise, on a paper, namely: Pison, Gihon, Hedekiel and Pheat, and put it on the wound. In the first book of Moses...
Arts And Remedies. Lawsuits : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], FOR GAINING A LAWFUL SUIT. It reads, if anyone has to settle any just claim by way of a law suit let him take some of the largest kind of sage and write the name of the twelve apostles on the leaves, and put them in his shoes...
Arts And Remedies. Mortification And Inflammation : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD REMEDY FOR MORTIFICATION AND INFLAMMATION. Sanctus Itorius res, call the rest. Here the mother p. 14 of God came to his assistance, reaching out her snow-white hand, against the hot and cold brand. + + + Make three...
Burns : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], ANOTHER WAY TO STOP BLEEDING, AND TO HEAL WOUNDS IN MAN AS WELL AS ANIMALS. On Christ's grave there grows three roses; the first is kind, the second is valued among the rulers, and the third says: blood, thou must stop, and wound...
Arts And Remedies. Beer : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO MAKE GOOD BEER. Take a handful of hops, five or six gallons of water, about three tablespoonfuls of ginger, half a gallon of molasses; filter the water, hops and ginger into a tub containing the molasses.
Arts And Remedies. Immobilizing A Thief : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], ANOTHER WAY TO STILL-BIND THIEVES. Ye thieves, I conjure you, to be obedient like Jesus Christ, who obeyed his Heavenly Father unto the cross, and to stand without moving out of my sight, in the name of the Trinity. I command you...
Arts And Remedies. Hysterics And Colds : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], Another Remedy for Hysterics and for Colds.--This must be attended to every evening, that is, whenever you pull off your shoes and stockings, run your finger in between all the toes and smell it. This will certainly effect a cure.
Appendix. Veterinary Remedies : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], PHYSIC BALL FOR HORSES. Cape aloes, from six to ten drachms; Castile soap, one drachm; spirits of wine, one drachm; syrup to form the ball. If mercurial physic be wanted, add from one-half a drachm to one drachm of calomel...
Arts And Remedies. After Being Bewitched : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO BELIEVE PERSONS OR ANIMALS AFTER BEING BEWITCHED. Three false tongues have pound thee, three holy tongues have spoken for thee. The first is God, the Father, the second is God the Son, and the third is God the Holy Ghost...
Arts And Remedies. Against Evil Spirits : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], AGAINST EVIL SPIRITS AND ALL MANNER OF WITCHCRAFT. All this be guarded here in time, and there in eternity. Amen. p. 44 You must write all the above on a piece of white paper and carry it about you. The characters or letters above...
Arts And Remedies. Fishing : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], AN EASY METHOD OF CATCHING FISH. In a vessel of white glass must be put: 8 grains of civit, (musk), and as much castorium; two ounces of eel-fat, and 4 ounces of unsalted butter; after which the vessel must be well closed, and put...
Arts And Remedies. Incontinence : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD REMEDY FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT KEEP THEIR WATER. Burn a hog's bladder to powder, and take it inwardly.
Arts And Remedies. Burn : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO CURE A BURN. Three holy men went out walking, They did bless the heat and the burning; They blessed that it might not increase; They blessed that it might quickly cease! + + +
Arts And Remedies. Paper Blotting : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO PREVENT THE WORST KIND OF PAPER FROM BLOTTING. Dissolve alum in water, and put it on the paper, and I, Hohman, would like to see who cannot write on it, when it is dried.
Arts And Remedies. To Prevent Gun Barrels : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], RECIPE FOR MAKING A PASTE TO PREVENT GUN-BARRELS FROM RUSTING, WHETHER IRON OR STEEL. Take an ounce of bear's fat, half an ounce of badger's grease, half an ounce of snake's fat, one ounce of almond oil, and a quarter of an ounce...
Arts And Remedies. Divinatory Wands : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], WORDS TO BE SPOKEN WHILE MAKING DIVINATORY WANDS. In making divinatory wands, they must be broken as before directed, and while breaking and before using them, the following words must be spoken: Divining rod, do thou keep th...
Burns. Part 3 : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD REMEDY FOR THE POLL-EVIL IN HORSES. Take white turpentine, rub it over the poll-evil with your band, and then melt it with a hot iron, so that it runs into the wound. After this take neatsfoot oil or goose grease and rub it...
Arts And Remedies. Against Sickness And Theft : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 43 TO PROTECT HOUSES AND PREMISES AGAINST SICKNESS AND THEFT. Ito, alto Massa Dandi Bando, III. Ament J. R. N. R. J. Our Lord Jesus Christ stepped into the hall, and the Jews searched him everywhere. Thus shalt those who now...
Arts And Remedies. Burns : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], REMEDY FOR BURNS. "Burn, I blow on thee!"--It must be blown on three times in the same breath, like the fire by the sun. + + +
Arts And Remedies. Toothache : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD REMEDY FOR THE TOOTHACHE. Stir the sore tooth with a needle until it draws blood; then take a thread and soak it with this blood. Then take vinegar and flour, mix them well so as to form a paste and spread it on a rag, then...
Arts And Remedies. Sores : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD REMEDY TO CURE SORES. Boil the bulbs (roots) of the white lily in cream, and p. 28 put it on the sore in the form of a plaster. Southernwort has the same effect.
Arts And Remedies. Wild Fire : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD REMEDY FOR THE WILD-FIRE. Wild-fire and the dragon, flew over a wagon, The wild-fire abated and the dragon skated.
Arts And Remedies. Against Danger And Death : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], AGAINST DANGER AND DEATH, TO BE CARRIED ABOUT THE PERSON. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he will call me from the grave, etc.
Arts And Remedies. Bots In Horses : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD REMEDY FOR THE BOTS IN HORSES. Every time you use this, you must stroke the horse down with the hand three times, and lead it about three times holding its head toward the sun, saying: "The Holy One saith: Joseph passed over...
Arts And Remedies. Oil Of Cloves A Panacea : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], VERY GOOD CURE FOR WEAKNESS OF THE LIMBS, FOR THE PURIFICATION OF THE BLOOD, FOR THE INVIGORATION OF THE HEAD AND HEART, AND TO REMOVE GIDDINESS, ETC. Take two drops of oil of cloves in a tablespoonful of white wine early...
Arts And Remedies. Molasses : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO MAKE MOLASSES. Take pumpkins, boil them, press the juice out of them, and boil the juice to a proper consistence. There is nothing else necessary. The author of this book, John George Hohman has tasted this molasses...
Arts And Remedies. Dysentery And Diarrha : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], FOR DYSENTERY AND DIARRHA. Take the moss off of trees, and boil it in red wine, and let those who are affected with those diseases drink it.
Arts And Remedies. Falling Away : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A remedy to be used when anyone is falling away, and which has cured many persons.--Let the person in perfect soberness and without having conversed with anyone, catch rain in a pot, before sunrise; boil on egg in this; bore three...
Arts And Remedies. Sun Flower : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HELIOTROPE (SUN-FLOWER) A MEANS TO PREVENT CALUMNIATION. The virtues of this plant are miraculous. If it be collected in the sign of the lion, in the month of August, and wrapped up in a laurel leaf together with the tooth...
Arts And Remedies. A Sick Cow : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], ANOTHER METHOD OF TREATING A SICK COW. J. The cross of Jesus Christ poured out milk; J. The cross of Jesus Christ poured out water; J. The cross of Jesus Christ has poured them out. These lines must be written on three pieces...
Burns. Part 2 : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD PLASTER. Take wormwood, rue, medels, sheeprip-wort, pointy plantain, in equal proportions, a larger proportion of bees'-wax and tallow, and some spirits of turpentine; put it together in a pot, boil it well, and then...
Walk Securely. Part 2 : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD REMEDY FOR THE COLIC. Take half a gill of good rye whiskey, and a pipe full of tobacco; put the whiskey in a bottle, then smoke the tobacco and blow the smoke into the bottle, shake it well and drink it. This has cured...
Arts And Remedies. Prayer Before Journey : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A MORNING PRAYER TO BE SPOKEN BEFORE STARTING ON A JOURNEY, WHICH WILL SAVE THE PERSON FROM ALL MISHAPS. I (here the name is to be pronounced) will go on a journey to-day; I will walk upon God's way, and walk where God himself did...
Arts And Remedies. Snake Bite : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 14 TO CURE THE BITE OF A SNAKE. God has created all things and they were good; Thou only, serpent, art damned, Cursed be thou and thy sting. + + + Zing, zing, zing!
Arts And Remedies. To Compel A Thief To Return : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO COMPEL A THIEF TO RETURN STOLEN GOODS. Early in the morning before sunrise you must go to a pear tree, and take with you three nails out of a coffin, or three horse-shoe nails that were never used, and holding these toward...
Arts And Remedies. Immobilizing Thieves : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO CAUSE MALE OR FEMALE THIEVES TO STAND STILL, WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO MOVE BACKWARD OR FORWARD. In using any prescriptions of this book in regard to making others stand still, it is best to be walking about; and repe...
Arts And Remedies. Charm Against Gunshot : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 63 A CHARM AGAINST POWDER AND BALL. The heavenly and holy trumpet blow every ball and misfortune away from me. I seek refuge beneath the tree of life which bears twelvefold fruits. I stand behind the holy altar of the Christi...
Arts And Remedies. Extinguish Fire : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO EXTINGUISH FIRE WITHOUT WATER. Write the following words on each side of a plate, and throw it into the fire, and it will be extinguished forthwith: S A T O R A R E P O T E N E T O P E R A R O T A S
Appendix. So Help Me : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 84 Whoever carries this book with him, is safe from all his enemies, visible or invisible; and whoever has this book with him cannot die without the holy corpse of Jesus Christ, nor drowned in any water, nor burn up in any fire...
Arts And Remedies. A Wick Which Is Never Consumed : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO MAKE A WICK WHICH IS NEVER CONSUMED. Take an ounce of asbestos and boil it in a quart of strong lye for two hours; then pour off the lye and clarify what remains by pouring rain-water on it three or four times, after which you...
Arts And Remedies. Various Ulcers And Boils : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A SAFE REMEDY FOR VARIOUS ULCERS, BOILS AND OTHER DEFECTS. Take the root of an iron-weed, and tie it around the neck; it cures running ulcers; it also serves against obstructions in the bladder (stranguary), and cures the piles, if...
Walk Securely : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD REMEDY FOR THE TOOTHACHE. Cut out a piece of greensward (sod) in the morning before sunrise, quite unbeshrewdly from any place, breathe three times upon it, and put it down upon the same place from which it was taken.
Arts And Remedies. Against Malign Witchcraft : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO PREVENT WITCHES FROM BEWITCHING CATTLE, TO BE WRITTEN AND PLACED IN THE STABLE; AND AGAINST BAD MEN AND EVIL SPIRITS WHICH NIGHTLY TORMENT OLD AND YOUNG PEOPLE, TO BE WRITTEN AND PLACED ON THE BEDSTEAD. "Trotter Head, I forbid...
Arts And Remedies. Releasing Spell Bound Persons : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 47 TO RELEASE SPELL-BOUND PERSONS. You horseman and footman, whom I here conjured at this time, you may pass on in the name of Jesus Christ, through the word of God and the will of Christ; ride ye on now and pass.
Arts And Remedies. To Make Chickens Lay : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 23 TO MAKE CHICKENS LAY MANY EGGS. Take the dung of rabbits, pound it to powder, mix it with bran, wet the mixture till it forms lumps, and feed your chickens with it, and they will keep on laying a great many eggs.
Arts And Remedies. Bleeding : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A GOOD REMEDY TO STOP BLEEDING. This is the day on which the injury happened. Blood, thou must stop, until the Virgin Mary bring forth another son. Repeat these words three times.
Arts And Remedies. When Anyone Is Sick : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], Another Remedy to be applied when anyone is sick, which has effected many a cure where doctors could not help.--Let the sick person, without having conversed with anyone, put water in a bottle before sunrise, close p. 11 it up...
Arts And Remedies. The Fever : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO BANISH THE FEVER. Write the following words upon a paper and wrap it up in knot-grass, (BREITEN MEGRICH,) and then tie it upon the body of the person who has the fever: Potmat sineat, Potmat sineat, Potmat sineat.
Arts And Remedies. Swelling Of Cattle : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], FOR THE SWELLING OF CATTLE. To Desh break no Flesh, but to Desh! While saying this, run your hand along the back of the animal. + + + NOTE.--The hand must be put upon the bare skin in all cases of using sympathetic words.
Arts And Remedies. The Gravel : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD REMEDY FOR THE GRAVEL. The author of this book, John George Hohman, applied this remedy, and soon felt relieved. I knew a man who could find no relief from the medicine of any doctor; he then used the following remedy...
Arts And Remedies. Mortification : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A WELL-TRIED PLASTER TO REMOVE MORTIFICATION Take six hen's eggs and boil them in hot ashes until they are right hard; then take the yellow of the eggs and fry them in a gill of lard until they are quite black; then put a handful...
Arts And Remedies. To Recover Stolen Goods : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], HOW TO RECOVER STOLEN GOODS. Take good care to notice through which door the thief passed out, and cut off three small chips from the posts of that door; then take these three chips to a wagon, unbeshrewdly, however; take off one...
Arts And Remedies. House Protection : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], PROTECTION OF ONE'S HOUSE AND HEARTH Beneath thy guardianship I am safe against all tempests and all enemies, J. J. J. These three Js signify "Jesus" three times.
Burns. Part 4 : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], CURE FOR THE TOOTHACHE. Hohman, the author of this book, has cured the severest toothache more than sixty times, with this remedy. p. 31 and, out of the sixty times he applied it, it failed but once in affecting a cure. Take blue...
Appendix. Sweet Oil : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], SWEET OIL. Sweet oil possesses a great many valuable properties, and it is therefore advisable for every head of a family to have it at all times about the house in order that it p. 67 may be applied in cases of necessity. Here...
Arts And Remedies. Advice To Pregnant Women : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], ADVICE TO PREGNANT WOMEN. Pregnant women must be very careful not to use any camphor; and no camphor should be administered to those women who have the mother-fits.
Arts And Remedies. Legal Success : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO RETAIN THE RIGHT IN COURT AND COUNCIL. Jesus Nazarenus, Rex Judeorum. First carry these characters with you, written on paper, and then repeat the following words: "I ("name") appear before the house of the Judge. Three dead men...
Arts And Remedies. Catching Fish : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A SURE WAY OF CATCHING FISH. Take rose seed and mustard seed, and the foot of a weasel, and hang these in a net, and the fish will certainly collect there.
Arts And Remedies. Stolen Goods : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO COMPEL A THIEF TO RETURN STOLEN GOODS. Walk out early in the morning before sunrise, to a juniper-tree, and bend it with the left hand toward the rising sun, while you are saying: Juniper-tree, I shall bend and squeeze thee...
Arts And Remedies. Broken Glass : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO MEND BROKEN GLASS. Take common cheese and wash it well, unslaked lime and the white of eggs, rub all these well together until it becomes one mass, and then use it. If it is made right, it will certainly hold.
Arts And Remedies. Field Mice And Moles : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO DESTROY FIELD-MICE AND MOLES. Put unslaked lime in their holes and they will disappear.
Arts And Remedies. Deafness And Toothache : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], FOR DEAFNESS, ROARING OR BUZZING IN THE EAR, AND FOR TOOTHACHE. A few drops of refined camphor-oil put upon cotton, and thus applied to the aching tooth, relieves very much. When put in the ear it strengthens the hearing...
Appendix. Lock Jaw : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], REMEDY FOR THE LOCK JAW. We are informed by a friend that a sure preventive against this terrible disease, is, to take some soft soap and mix it with a sufficient quantity of pulverized chalk, so as to make it of the consistency...
Against Sickness And Theft. Part 1 : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], AGAINST THE FEVER. Pray early in the morning, and then turn your shirt around the left sleeve, and say: Turn, thou, shirt, and thou, fever, do likewise turn. (Do not forget to mention the name of the person having the fever.) This...
Arts And Remedies. A Benediction For All Purposes : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A BENEDICTION FOR ALL PURPOSES. Jesus, I will arise; Jesus, do thou accompany me; Jesus, do thou lock my heart into thine, and let my body and my soul be commended unto thee. The Lord is crucified. May God guard my senses that evil...
Arts And Remedies. Plaster : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD PLASTER. I doubt very much whether any physician in the United States can make a plaster equal to this. It heals the white swelling, and has cured the sore leg of a woman who for eighteen years had used...
Appendix. Salve To Heal Wounds : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], p. 66 A SALVE TO HEAL UP WOUNDS. Take tobacco, green or dry; if green a good handful, if dry, two ounces; together with this take a good handful of elder leaves, fry them well in butter, press it through a cloth, and you may. use...
Arts And Remedies. Against Adversaries : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], AGAINST ADVERSITIES AND ALL MANNER OF CONTENTION. Power, hero, Prince of Peace, J. J. J.
Arts And Remedies. Palpitation Of The Heart : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A VERY GOOD REMEDY FOR PALPITATION OF THE HEART, AND FOR PERSONS WHO ARE HIDE-BOUND. Palpitation and hide-bound, be off ["name"] ribs, Since Christ, our Lord, spoke truth with his lips.
Arts And Remedies. Pain : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A REMEDY TO RELIEVE PAIN. Take a rag which was tied over a wound for the first time. and put it in water together with some copperas; p. 19 but do not venture to stir the copperas until you are certain of the pain having left you.
Arts And Remedies. Injuries : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A PRECAUTION AGAINST INJURIES. Whoever carries the right eye of a wolf fastened inside of his right sleeve, remains free from all injuries.
Arts And Remedies. Mad Dogs : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], SECURITY AGAINST MAD DOGS Dog, hold thy nose to the ground, God has made me and thee, hound! + + + This you must repeat in the direction of the dog; and the three crosses you must make toward the dog, and the words must be spoken...
Arts And Remedies. To Prevent Wicked Or Malicious : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], TO PREVENT WICKED OR MALICIOUS PERSONS FROM DOING YOU AN INJURY--AGAINST WHOM IT IS OF GREAT POWER. Dullix, ix, ux. Yea, you can't come over Pontio; Pontio is above Pilato. + + +
Arts And Remedies. Stopping Fire : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], ANOTHER METHOD OF STOPPING FIRE. Our dear Sarah journeyed through the land, having a fiery hot brand in her hand. The fiery brand heats; the fiery brand sweats. Fiery brand, stop your beat; fiery brand, stop your sweat.
Arts And Remedies. Against Every Evil Influence : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], AGAINST EVERY EVIL INFLUENCE. Lord Jesus, thy wounds so red will guard me against death.
Arts And Remedies. Vomiting And Diarrha : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHA. Take pulverized cloves and eat them together with bread soaked in red wine, and you will soon find relief. The cloves may be put upon the bread.
Arts And Remedies. Stinging Nettles : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], STINGING NETTLES GOOD FOR BANISHING FEARS AND FANCIES, AND TO CAUSE FISH TO COLLECT. Whenever you hold this weed in your hand together with Millifolia, you are safe from all fears and fancies that frequently deceive men. If you mix...
Next. Bleeding : * "Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend", by John George Hoffman, [1820], A certain Remedy to stop Bleeding, which cures, no matter how far a person be away, if only his first name is rightly pronounced while using it: Jesus Christ dearest blood! That stoppeth the pain and stoppeth the blood. In this...
