Go out of doors, count three, stop and pick up the stone nearest to your toe. Wrap it up in a paper, and throw it away. The one that picks it up will get the warts.
Providence, R. I.
Superstition #910
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 910.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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