Go to a graveyard; kneel upon any grave; say three paters and three
aves for the soul of the dead lying beneath. Then take a handful of
grass from the grave, chew it well, casting forth each bite without
swallowing any portion. After this process the sufferer, were he to
live a hundred years, will never have toothache any more.
_Another._
The patient must vow a vow to God, the Virgin, and the new moon, never
to comb his hair on a Friday, in remembrance of relief should he be
cured; and whenever or wherever he first sees the moon he must fall
on his knees and say five prayers in gratitude for the cure, even if
crossing a river at the time.
_Another._
Carry in your pocket the two jaw-bones of a haddock; for ever since the
miracle of the loaves and fishes these bones are an infallible remedy
against toothache, and the older they are the better, as nearer the
time of the miracle.