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The cure for warts mentioned by Aunt Polly's nephew in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is found in Chapter 6. Tom Sawyer uses this cure to remove the warts on his hand.
I remember one was taking a dead cat and swinging it over your head, then throwing it and saying "Cat follow (something), wart follow cat, I'm done with the,"
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).
the purpose of the dead cat is to get rid of warts.
One great superstition found in Tom Sawyer is the ability to remove warts by going to agrave yard at midnight, go to the grave of aperson whorecently died, and wait at their grave until the devil comes up. Once appeared, you throw a dad cat at the devil saying "warts be gone" and other words that are part of cahnt. The devil thenvanishes and the warts are gone.
Toads * Another one was to rub a smooth stone found at midnight near your home on it for 7 nights, after which time you were to sneak over to the house of whomever you suspected had wished the warts on you, and toss the stone into their yard at midnight.
In "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," two superstitions that Tom believes about death are that seeing an accidental procession of squirrels can predict a death in the village and that actions like touching a dead cat in the graveyard at midnight can cure warts.
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In the book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," Huck Finn uses spunk-water, which is a magical remedy made of natural ingredients, to remove warts by reciting a specific chant or spell while applying the solution to the affected area. The belief is that the spunk-water possesses mystical powers that can cure warts when used in this manner.
pickles have warts because cucumbers have warts.
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn went to the cemetery because they believed in a superstitious ritual to cure warts. They were there to try out the "devil's cure" which involved saying an incantation at midnight over a dead cat.
Snails do not give you warts.