Take 7 prickles from 7 palm tress, 7 chips from 7 beams, 7 nails from 7 bridges, 7 ashes from 7 ovens, 7 scoops of earth from 7 door sockets, 7 pieces of pitch from 7 ships, 7 handful of cumin, and 7 hair from the beard of an old dog, and tie them to the neck-hole of the shirt with a white, twisted thread