Charm for the Toothache

A reverend friend, very conversant in the popular customs and superstitions of Ireland, and who has seen the charm mentioned in pp. 293, 349, and 397, given by a Roman Catholic priest in the north-west of Ireland, has kindly furnished me with the genuine version, and the form in which it was written, which are as follows:— "As Peter sat on a marble stone, The Lord came to him all alone; 'Peter, what makes thee sit there?' 'My Lord, I am troubled with the toothache.' 'Peter arise, and go home; And you, and whosoever for my sake Shall keep these words in memory, Shall never be troubled with the…