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Popular Romances of the West of England, Second Series

by Robert Hunt

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Charm for a Tetter

“Tetter, tetter, thou hast nine brothers.
  God bless the flesh and preserve the bone;
Perish, thou tetter, and be thou gone.
     In the name,” &c.

“Tetter, tetter, thou hast eight brothers.
  God bless the flesh and preserve the bone;
  Perish, thou tetter, and be thou gone.
     In the name,” &c.

“Tetter, tetter, thou hast seven brothers.”
     &c., &c.

Thus the verses are continued until tetter, having “no brother,” is imperatively ordered to begone.

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