A WORD ON CHARMS.
In this "democracy we: are. far .too ..wise, to harbour prejudices or, superstitions, and • belief in charms and omens has gone out with other old wives' fables. But our grandmothers believed in'charms with all their hearts. Thus,/here!.is a .charm to ...cure warts: "Take a knot of a reed, and strike the warts fdowiiwarde three times. Bury the reed." And here is. a'most venerable and potent, charm against the .bite' of ■ a mad 3og: "Write upon an apple, or on fine white.bread, '0 king of glory', come in peace-7-Pax,.Max, P'inax.' Swallow this three, mornings fast-; ing : Also, v'Haz,' Max, adinax, opera, ohuAot."! ,' '. ..- /-. ' ■ ■■/-:. .'■' ' ; This may strike you as silly. It is. But there are true charms still; Do you need a' charm against brain-fag and all minor irrita-' tions, against' nerve-strain and the gru'mps, against disappointmenf and. ennui—a charm that will stimulate at once' your body and* your imagination, that-will. make you brisk and bright without/so much as harming a hair or a fibre of you P If you do, it is given you—the 6ecret ia . yours—drink Suratura teal ■■.--.■ ■ ■■■ ; - . ■■ >
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 11
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181A WORD ON CHARMS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 11
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