Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-18
TALES OF THE TEETH.
TRADITIONS, oMENs AND AoAeEs
AMONG THE uNEDucATED.

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An sorts Of su,erst,t,ors ronoarn,o, -.
ana 'shef Hehneaies Tor
Toothache-ifngiish and Irish Recipes.
The Prayer Cure.
m
me tee1h ana inc aches te which they
give rise haVe peen soogeets OF many
Strange IDEAS among ~educa people.
lesth nave even peen Worshiped, and are
SUI. Yenernted US felics IN some Catholtc
snlin puuula . eooehl IS preserved IN Q
i up III - ln.ia, anu oeylonese %orshiped
~ tooeno u Z ,ouNey WINE n
Soosn anu s1ar1t > .ooth served a similar
M eni9ts u Niaiapar isiaNoers ana
ehe lohsa islanders respectively SIAM
tba+ sIiuea a onke tooth 50 hlgliy
JOY sley are 5o rep pon 10 nave oiefeo Inc
suese Ioo,oVo crowns Tor IL:
lne ~ was d tfadloion oha5' irom the
lime onosroes, the Persian, carried OF n
piece ol the true cross from constantine.
PIE, 'he NUMBER OF teeth IN the OF
ne ea @eie reuuGea rom pnirty-1"o TO
isynr1I hiee. IS heeoiess 10 say that
W. SUI h"se rty-t ieeth nave
t I've neen th3 DIS aliiuiess: sharks
: % u.Ls pLIpose u ohnaoa. II
m"a snouSne ehay u "ol, o tootn,
a Iu q pne apous ene neck, W9uid
S Saaia .ea. aMsy rom inc Possessof; Inc
w;iI ss 10Y W. u J,;S q hG Iaaas nouha py cnanee,
mmar, ~ - Aeep you supPneo WIN
No
~, oMSNs AMI ApAeE
ahere are many omens connected with
ieiants Ieeth' as well as those OF adults.
n = Ill = oliu eeeshe cary Is thought IN
England to predict more children. Soon
teeth, soon toes. Is the adage, both In
I'M. eoantry ana IN sweden. II q tooth
COMES nrs6 III the upper jaw 1t IS, ON the
contrary, an omen OF early death, as the
cniio anhot survive SO potent a disaster.
An old work, published In 1888, tells US
Ihat TO loose q tooth or an eye is also to
lose soine friend or klnsman, or Is, at
ieasG, attended by some III G He who
mas ms teeth wide apart Is there said to
Dc attenaed py COCA luck. Breton mothers
VIII not touch infants gums, lest the
teeth grow crooked. To dream of teeth
Yves a warning OF some disaster, unless
you dreamed they fell out.
The period of teething being an anxious
one In childhood, 1t Is extremely impor-
tant to have 1t over with. In Sussex,
England, q necklace of beads made from
peony root was placed on the child's neck
TO ASSIST TINS operation, and one of amber
peaas was aiso taought powerful. 1t was
a. also saiae ehso hrse tee1h must not be
snloWl uShy When they rall out. Tor II
aiiy aiinlai so1 ssen q trophy. the next
eeo1oIrn Wouid 9e IKE that OF the animal
lining .ne gu one, IN Nova Scotia, and
~ some paris ol the onleed states, chill
alea are tela mat the new tooth viii be a
soiu one II ehe tongue Is Kept out of the
oiq cuvi1y.
noih iore rs run o oda notlons about
one soosnacae, ana many queer remedies
hre sutlens TOT u. IL was once thought to
We eausea * u worm.
one ~ Inc most Potent remedies was
ss.ppausn W oe a charin OF some klnd OF
~ nr. uan a 1asfa enis charin is . rhyme
~ Z aayet miieIen ~ y piece OF paper.
$50 IN Inis puIpo are curren1 III Ter
~ snns uays 81: AppoLnnus was
1Tsap;e ~ LILY lnsoaeu ZOE inns malaay IN the
A seri. n, uIu.ay ,sor
NJ puphsneI ~ 1850 prescrlpes a
baIa tba snapa nme pa1iens was 70 IN
ar;ed nerbs waro ,n;raa , ,a;th ~ Witch
Ha mnst +har b,ao+ha ~ "isa W Ioals.
water mixed With wa0 and a cup no uhagg
Iron hla ,sa,,Id .n,aon =, as ! eause u 'ne
@oula appeat ~ 1he cup.
ANOTHER rRANe EaEpY
Nearly D century later we ind another
strange remedy; With an iron nail raise
ana cug the gum from about the teeth
unil ~ oieea' n that some OF the blood
spnl upon the nail. hen drive It into a
oooen beam up TO the head. After this
rs done you never shall have the tooth
acne m an your me-.
aaosner ola writer OF the same period,
aubrey, gives popular remedies for the
hac A splinter OF wood from a
g1bbet was thought etficacious In the
north OF England, while in Deyonshire 1t
skull In a grave yard, and carry 1t in the
pocket as q charm. In another part Of
Eagiano, al equally ghastly amulet was q
oo oo.;aS aI =, irom me m1pth OF q corpse,
carried IN the pocket. The paw OF o live
mole or Il double nut were also Drescfihn6