A WORD ON CHARMS.
. In this , democracy: wo. aro far too wise to harbour-prejudices; or . superstitions, and belief in. charms :ari'd .omens, has gone' out • with other old wives' fables. But our:' grand-; : mothers .believed -in. charms -with all their, hearts.: lhus, here: is a charm -to cure warts'; •«' 'Take a knot of a 'reed, and strike the! warts' downwards : three times. ••..'••Bury the reed." And hero is a most venerablo and potent charm against the bite of a mad dog: "Write'upon an apple, or on fine white breaa, '0 king of glory, come in peace—Pax, Max, D'inax.' Swallow this three mornings fast-. iiiß Also, v'ilas, Max, adinax, opera, chudor.' " •■ •:.•'. This/may strike :you as 'silly. It is. .But .thero aro true charms still. Do you need a charm against brain-fag and all minor irritations, against nerve-strain and the grumps, against disappointment and ennui—a charm that will at once your. body and your ima'gmation, .that will, make you brisk and bright without' so much as" harming a hair or.a fibre of you ? If you do, it is given | you—tho secret is yours—drink Suratura teal.-. ' •'' .j
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 403, 12 January 1909, Page 3
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184A WORD ON CHARMS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 403, 12 January 1909, Page 3
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