Pow-Wows: Arts and Remedies: To Treat A Cow After Milk Is...
Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend, by John George Hoffman, [1820]
HOW TO TREAT A COW AFTER THE MILK IS TAKEN FROM HER.
Give to the cow three spoonfuls of her last milk, and say to the spirits in her blood: "Ninny has done it, and I have swallowed her in the name of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen." Pray what you choose at the same time.