| Do you want to get rid of freckles | | | | read this now and realized it's already |
| instantly? Then follow what the Irish | | | | September, go to a graveyard and wash |
| recommend: anoint your face with the | | | | your face in any urn you find there. The |
| blood of a bull or hare and your | | | | third option is a variation of the first |
| problems are over! | | | | - wash with dew from wheat before |
| Too hard for you? Check out this | | | | sunrise. |
| preventive measure from Filipinos: don't | | | | If wheat is a problem, young lilies of |
| eat barbecue or any fried foods on Good | | | | the valley gathered before sunrise will |
| Friday so you won't have freckles. | | | | work just as well. Rub them on your face |
| While doctors say that freckles are | | | | to take away freckles. An easier way is |
| harmless and don't signify a health | | | | to count your freckles, wrap the same |
| problem, a lot of people don't want | | | | number of pebbles in a piece of paper, |
| them. That's understandable since these | | | | and throw it away. Whoever picks up that |
| pigment cells can make you look ugly and | | | | paper will inherit your freckles! |
| old. Perhaps that's the reason why our | | | | The last advice is reincarnated in The |
| forefathers tried desperately to | | | | All New Book of Lists for Kids by Sandra |
| eliminate them. No wonder they came up | | | | and Harry Choron. An old folk cure |
| with these silly superstitious beliefs | | | | suggests rubbing your freckles with a |
| about freckles - some of which survive | | | | penny and throwing it away. The poor |
| to this day. | | | | soul who finds the penny will get your |
| The Encyclopedia of Superstitions, | | | | freckles! Or mix buttermilk with lemon |
| Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the | | | | juice and apply this to your face |
| World published in 1903 offers a | | | | together with a live frog! |
| fascinating glimpse into early man's | | | | Ovid, the most widely read Roman poet, |
| obsession with freckles and his desire | | | | recommended the Pharian wash for |
| to remove them. It says that freckles | | | | freckles. This exotic scrub was made of |
| around the eyes means you'll drown to | | | | crocodile entrails and was guaranteed to |
| death! | | | | whiten the skin. The Germans, on the |
| To lift this curse (and remove | | | | other hand, believed that rainwater |
| freckles), the author provides several | | | | found on tombstones is a great freckle |
| options. You can wash in the dew before | | | | fighter. |
| sunrise on the first of May. If you just | | | | |