The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THERE WAS A "QUACK" WHO LIVED IN SCOTLAND AND HAD A
CURE FOR WARTS. HE WOULD GIVE THE PATIENTS A LARGE
SHEAF OF STRAW AND HE HAD TO CARRY THE STRAW IN
HIS HAND AND FIND OUT WHERE A FUNERAL WAS TAKING
PLACE, AND AT THE FIRST MOVEMENT OF THE HEARSE, HE
HAD TO THROW THE STRAW UNDER THE HEARSE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SCOTLAND

Date learned: 01-28-1971