50 'WITCHCRAFT IN DORSET. 



(ii. ) Peter and Paul sat on a marble stone, 



Jesus came to them alone ; 

 " Peter," said he, " what makes you so quake ?" 

 " Why, Lord and Master, it is the toothache." 

 " Whoever will carry these w r ords for my sake 

 Shall never be troubled with the toothache."* 



(iii.) As Peter sat on a stone weeping, our Saviour came to the 

 Mount of Olives and said : " How is it here, Peter 1 " Peter 

 answered and said : " My Lord and my God, grievously tormented 

 with the pain of the tooth." Our Saviour said unto Peter : 

 " Arise, Peter, and be made whole. Whosoever believeth on me 

 and keepeth these words in memory or in writing shall never be 

 troubled with the pain of the tooth, in the name of the Father, 

 and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen." 



(iv.) Double or twin nuts are sometimes carried in the pocket as 

 a specific against toothache. 



To STOP A SNAKE : 



Repeat the words " Let God arise and let his enemies be 

 scattered." 



The same effect is also produced by repeating the following 

 verse : " They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even as 

 a deaf adder that stoppeth her ears, and refuseth to hear the voice 

 of the charmer, charm he never so wisely." 

 SNAKE BITE : 



In the case of a bite from an adder (or presumably any other 

 poisonous snake), the fat taken from the one that has caused the 

 injury is considered the best cure for it. 



BOILS : 



Creep under a bramble three mornings following, against the 

 sun, before sunrise. 



WARTS : 



(i.) Steal a piece of beef, rub the wart with it, and throw it 

 over your shoulder, or bury it ; and as the meat rots, so will the 

 wart disappear. 



* For a similar one at Crewkeme, co. Someiset, see Notes and Queries, 

 5th Series, viii., 275. 



