Folk-Lore of West and Mid-Wales

by Jonathan Ceredig Davies

TO EXTRACT A TOOTH WITHOUT PAIN.

“Take some newts, by some called lizards, and those nasty beetles which are found in ferns during summer time, calcine them in an iron pot and make a powder thereof. Wet the forefinger of the right hand, insert it in the powder, and apply it to the tooth frequently, refraining from spitting it off, when the tooth will fall away without pain. It is proven.”—Physicians of Myddfai.