Neither Tom Sawyer nor Huck Finn knew much about medicine, but they mentioned several folk beliefs in chapter 6, such as using "spunk-water" (rainwater from a rotten tree stump), and you had to chant "Barley-corn, barley-corn, injun-meal shorts; Spunk-water, spunk-water, swaller these warts." Or, you could use a bean: "You take and split the bean, and cut the wart so as to get some blood, and then you put the blood on one piece of the bean and take and dig a hole and bury it 'bout midnight at the crossroads in the dark of the moon, and then you burn up the rest of the bean." This was supposed to cause the rest of the wart to disappear, but only if you chanted "'Down bean; off wart; come no more to bother me!'"
But the final and supposedly best way was using a dead cat. "Take your cat and go and get in the graveyard 'long about midnight when somebody that was wicked has been buried; and when it's midnight a devil will come, or maybe two or three, but you can't see 'em, you can only hear something like the wind, or maybe hear 'em talk; and when they're taking that feller away, you heave your cat after 'em and say, 'Devil follow corpse, cat follow devil, warts follow cat, I'm done with ye!'" That was supposed to get rid of even the most difficult warts.
To dispose of WartsAnswer 2:To bury a cat.
Huck and Tom decide to rub a dead cat on their warts at midnight to make them disappear, based on a superstition they've heard. They believe in the power of the ritual and think it will work.
They were afraid that if they told, Injun Joe would kill them.
Huckleberry Finn. Huck's prescribed treatment goes like. this: Take a dead cat to a grave- Huckleberry Finn. Huck's prescribed treatment goes like. this: Take a dead cat to a grave-
The only person who hugged Huck when the three boys return for the funeral was Aunt Polly.
He believes that Friday is the most unlucky day of the week and that dead cats remove warts. He believes that Friday is the most unlucky day of the week and that dead cats remove warts. He believes that Friday is the most unlucky day of the week and that dead cats remove warts.
Tom, Joe, and Huck went to the graveyard that night to carry out their plan of finding a cure for warts by witnessing a dead man's shadow. This adventure sparked a series of events that led to an encounter with Injun Joe and the discovery of treasure.
Throughout the book “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” Huck witnesses the deaths of three characters: Pap, the Shepherdsons’ daughter, and Boggs. Each of these deaths has a significant impact on Huck and shapes his character throughout the story.
The two boys were very superstitious, just like most people in their town. They didn't have actual cures for warts, but strange rituals meant to magically send them away. Each thought they had their info from reliable sources (someone who told someone who knew someone).
Three. Jesse, Marmaduke (Duke), and Huckleberry (Huck).
Huck resolves his guilty feelings by deciding to not turn in the three robbers he left on the steamboat. He convinces himself that they are not worth saving and that his loyalty to Jim is more important. This choice reflects Huck's growing moral development and his willingness to prioritize his own beliefs over societal expectations.
Tom and huck witness and crime in the graveyard. Tom and Huck make a pact to keep what they have seen a secret. They feel that their oath of silence is important enough that it must be sealed with their blood.