Moritur, ut vixit, fide plenus Eòque advolat quò fides ducit Ubi nihil perfidia potest. Non fletibus hic, canticis locus est. Aut si flendum, flenda Anglia.' "Pour copies conformes, Le Maire de St. Germain," &c. The authenticity of the signature attested by Her Britannic Majesty's consul in Paris, Dec. 11, 1850. SHETLAND FOLK LORE. _The Wresting Thread._--When a person has received a sprain, it is customary to apply to an individual practised in casting the "wrested thread." This is thread spun from black wool, on which are cast _nine_ knots, and tied round a sprained leg or arm. During the time the operator is putting the thread round the affected limb, he says, in a muttering tone, in such a manner as not to be understood by the bystanders, nor even by the person operated upon-- "The Lord rade (rode), And the foal slade (slipped); He lighted, An she righted. Set joint to joint[1], Bone to bone, And sinew to sinew, Heal in the Holy Ghost's name!!!" [Footnote 1: This charm is remarkable for its resemblance to an early German one found by Grimm in a MS. of the tenth century, originally published by him in 1842, and to be found, with references to Norwegian, Swedish, Flemish, and this Scottish version, in the second edition of his _Deutsche Mythologie_, s. 1181-2.--ED.] _Ringworm._--The person affected with ringworm takes a little ashes between the forefinger and thumb, three successive mornings, and before taking any food, and holding the ashes to the part affected, says-- "Ringworm! ringworm red! Never mayst thou spread or speed, But aye grow less and less, And die away among the ase (ashes)." _Burn._--To cure a burn, the following words are used:-- "Here come I to cure a burnt sore; If the dead knew what the living endure, The burnt sore would burn no more." The operator, after having repeated the above, blows his breath three times upon the burnt place.