Saw His brother lying on the floor.
‘What aileth thee, brother?
Pain in the teeth?—
Thy teeth shall pain thee no more.
In the name,’” &c.
CHARM FOR SERPENTS.
The body of a dead serpent bruised on the wound it has occasioned, is said to be an infallible remedy for its bite. Common report is sufficient to warrant a poetical allusion:—
“The beauteous adder hath a sting,
Yet bears a balsam too.”
Polwheel’s Sketches.