Brewer's: Snake-Stones

Small rounded stones or matters compounded by art, and supposed to cure snake-bites. Mr. Quekett discovered that two given to him for analysis were composed of vegetable matters. Little perforated stones are sometimes hung on cattle to charm away adders.

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