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 words were uttered while the straws burned:

Then the part affected was dusted over with the ashes of the burned straws, and the unburned parts were deposited under a mör fael.

For sprains and bruises, and affections of an inflammatory nature, a form of cupping called horn blöd was very frequently employed, and even yet is not quite obsolete; and I am of opinion that no more effectual mode of cupping or local bleeding can be practised.

The blöd-horn was commonly made of the horn of a quey or young cow. It was about four inches long, and from an inch and a half to two inches in diameter at the wide end. The horn was scraped and dressed, the small end being perforated