For a sty on the eye, take a small piece of paper, rub it on the sty, go across the road three times, and say each time,—
Sty, sty, go off my eye,
Go on the first one that passes by.
This is a sure cure in two or three days.
Talladega, Ala.

For a sty on the eye, take a small piece of paper, rub it on the sty, go across the road three times, and say each time,—
Sty, sty, go off my eye,
Go on the first one that passes by.
This is a sure cure in two or three days.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 829.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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