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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.
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.
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Why do tom and huck go to the graveyard?
To get rid of Warts
What plan do huck and tom make for getting rid of their warts?
There was a cure
In the book Tom Sawyer why do tom and huck go to the graveyard?
To get rid of warts
Who is Hoss Williams in Tom Sawyer?
hoss William is a dead man the huck and tom when to with a dead cat to curing their warts....
In Tom Sawyer What are Tom and Huck doing at Hoss Williams' grave at midnight?
Trying to get rid of warts with a ritual using a dead cat.
What are huck Finns superstitions?
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.
Which does Huckleberry Finn cure warts?
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-
Who do Huck and Jim discover on the wrecked steamboat?
Huck and Jim find three people o the steamboat trying to kill someone.
Why do tom and huck go into the graveyard. What do the boys witness there?
They go there to give the dead cat to the devils and cure there warts but instead they see injun joe and muff potter kill the doctor
How many sons does bear grylls have?
Three. Jesse, Marmaduke (Duke), and Huckleberry (Huck).
How does Huck try to save the lives of the three men on the wreck?
becase he might be a doctor.
In 'Tom Sawyer' why do Tom and Huck disagree on how to get rid of warts?
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).
