"Casting out the ague" was but another name for "casting out the devil," for it was his possession of the sufferer that caused the body to shiver and shake. One man, of somewhat better education than his neighbours, acquired a reputation for thus removing the ague by exorcism, and was much resorted to for many years for relief. STINGING OF NETTLES. This was at once removed by the saying aloud of some charm in doggerel verse. JAUNDICE. Persons in the Fylde district suffering from this disorder were some years ago cured at the rate of a shilling per head, by a person living at the Fold, who, by some charm or incantation, performed on the urine of the afflicted person, suspended in a bottle over the smoke of his fire, was believed to effect most wonderful cures. TO PROCURE SLEEP BY CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF THE BED. There are two superstitions respecting restlessness. One is that it is caused by the bed standing north and south, and that it will be cured if the bedstead be so moved as to stand east and west. The other goes further, and says that to effect a perfect remedy, not only must the bedstead range east and west, but that the head must be towards the east. One informant stated that this was because the earth revolved from west to east, or in an easterly course. FOOTNOTES: [50] Revelation xiii. 18. [51] This is not a literal quotation. The verse runs thus in the ordinary version: "If ye have faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye shall say to this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you." [52] This is noticed by the Rev. W. Thornber in his _History of Blackpool_, p. 99; also in the _Oxford Essays_, 1858, p. 127; and the late Rev. James Dugan, M.A., T.C.D., informed the writer that the Irish midwives in Ulster use a very similar formula when visiting their patients. They first mark each corner of the house, on the outside, with a cross, and previously to entering repeat the following words:-- "There are four corners to her bed, Four angels at her head: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, God bless the bed that she lies on. New Moon, new Moon, God bless me, God bless this house and family." [53] See Carr's _Craven Glossary_, vol. i. p. 137.--"Look, sir," said Mr. Carr's informant, "at that pear-tree, it wor some years back, sir, a maast flourishin' tree. Ivvry mornin, as soon as he first oppans the door, that he may not cast his ee on onny yan passin' by, he fixes his een o' that pear-tree, and ye plainly see how it's deed away." [54] Mr. Robert Rawlinson in _Notes and Queries_, vol. iv. p. 55. [55] See Hone's _Table Book_, vol. i. p. 674. [56] Carr's _Glossary_, vol. ii. p. 264. [57] Wm. Dobson, in _Notes and Queries_, 2nd series, vol. iv. p. 287. [58] T. T. W., ibid., vol. ii. p. 68. [59] H., ibid. [60] _History of Whalley._ [61] Baines's _Lancashire_. THE DEVIL, DEMONS, &c. THE DEVIL.