FOR THE BITE OF A MAD DOG
An oration which Colum-Cille set to a wound full of poison--
"Arise, O Carmac, O Clunane, through Christ be thou healed. By the
hand of Christ be thou healed in blood, in marrow, and in bane. AMEN."
This oration to be pronounced over a man or a woman, a horse or a cow,
but never over a hog or a dog. The wound to be rubbed with butter during
the oration.
FOR TOOTHACHE
Go to a graveyard; kneel upon any grave; say three paters and three ayes
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.
Also this charm is to be sewn on the clothes—
"As Peter sat on a marble stone,
The Lord came to him all alone,
'Peter, Peter, what makes you shake?'
'O Lord and Master, it is the toothache.'
Then Christ said, 'Take these for My sake,
And never more you'll have toothache.'"To avoid toothache never shave on a Sunday.