Popular Romances of the West of England, Second Series

Charms for the Prick of a Thorn

I

“Christ was of a virgin born,
And He was prick’d by a thorn,
And it did never bell59 nor swell,
As I trust in Jesus this never will.”

II

“Christ was crown’d with thorns
The thorns did bleed, but did not rot,
No more shall thy finger.
   In the name,”60 &c.