 When a person has received a sprain, it is customary to apply to an individual practised in casting the "wresting thread." This is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained leg or arm. During the time the operator...  Deutsche mythologie - Page 1180by Jacob Grimm - 1844 - 1246 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1844 - 878 pages
...Statistical Account of Scotland, mention is made of the following among other superstitions : — ' When a person has received a sprain, it is customary...to an individual practised in casting the wresting thread. This is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained... | |
 | 1844 - 858 pages
...Statistical Account of Scotland, mention is made of the following among other superstitions : — ' \Vhen a person has received a sprain, it is customary to apply to an individual practised in casting the u-restiny thread. This is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knote, and :ied round... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 1026 pages
...have replenished that of their neighbour. I shall subjoin a few specimens.* • Wretting Thread — When a person has received a sprain, it is customary...an individual practised in casting the " wresting thread." This is a thread spun from black wool, on which arc cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 1028 pages
...their neighbour. I shall subjoin a few specimens.* • Wrnting Thread — When B person has receired a sprain, it is customary to apply to an individual practised in casting the " wresting thread." This is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1847 - 372 pages
...healcst many a wound ; In the name of sweet Jesus I take thee from the ground. ' Wresting Thread. — When a person has received a sprain, it is customary...an individual practised in casting the " wresting thread." This is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained... | |
 | Folklore - 1851 - 334 pages
...black colt got well. From Norway the horse-remedy most probably found its way to Shetland, where, " when a person has received a sprain, it is customary...an individual practised in casting the ' wresting thread.' This is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained... | |
 | Jacob Ludwig C. [single works] Grimm - 1854 - 676 pages
...mijner boeven gaf my voorleden jaar een rijm, dat de toverdokters prevelden terwijl, zij den verrukten voet van een paard met de band van boven naar beneden...Überlieferung. When a person has received a sprain, U is customary to apply to an individual practised in casting the wresling thread. this is a thread... | |
 | P.P. - London. - Notes and Queries - Folklore - 1859 - 386 pages
...THOMAS LAWRENCE. — (Vol.rp412.) Ashby de la Zouch. i> SHETLAND FOLK LORE. The Wresting Thread. — When a person has received a sprain, it is customary...to an individual practised in casting the "wresting thread." This is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained... | |
 | Adalbert Kuhn - Comparative linguistics - 1864 - 522 pages
...Interesse. Die erete mittheilung hat schon Grimm aus Chambers' fireside stories (1842 p. 37) mitgetheilt: When a person has received a sprain, it is customary...to an individual practised in casting the wresting thread, this is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained... | |
 | dr. adalbert kuhn - 1864 - 492 pages
...interesse. Die erste mittheilung hat schon Grimm aus Chambers' fireside stories (1842 p. 37) mitgetheilt: When a person has received a sprain, it is customary...to an individual practised in casting the wresting thread, this is a thread spun from black wool, on which are cast nine knots, and tied round a sprained... | |
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