To cure a sty repeat at a cross-roads,—
Sty, sty, leave my eye,
And take the next one that passes by.
Massachusetts, Indiana, and California.

To cure a sty repeat at a cross-roads,—
Sty, sty, leave my eye,
And take the next one that passes by.
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 830.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
California · Indiana · Massachusetts
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