Bots In Horses

Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend, by John George Hoffman, [1820], at sacred-texts.com

A GOOD REMEDY FOR THE BOTS IN HORSES.

Every time you use this, you must stroke the horse down with the hand three times, and lead it about three times holding its head toward the sun, saying: "The Holy One saith: Joseph passed over a field and there he found three small worms; the one being black, another being brown, and the third being red; thou shalt die and be dead."