Brewer's: Emeralds

According to tradition, if a serpent fixes its eyes upon an emerald it becomes blind. (Ahmed ben Abdalaziz: Treatise on Jewels.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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