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• Kaz readied his battle-axe, knowing that even if the unliving creature feared it, it wouldn2t do the minotaur much good if the dragon simply dropped on top of him. —  Kaz the Minotaur
• An adder, a speckled snake no more than two handspans long, had crept from its hiding to bask on the hot ground. —  The Wicked Day
• So soon therefore as they saw my face they ran again into the mouth of their dam, whom I killed, and then found each of them shrouded in a distinct cell or pannicle in her belly, much like unto a soft white jelly, which maketh me to be of the opinion that our adder is the viper indeed. —  Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)
• The skin of the adder is a remedy against fevers. —  Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales
• The skin of the adder is a remedy against fevers The Charms performed with Rosemary Rosemary dried in the sun and made into powder, tied in a cloth around the right arm, will make the sick well The smoke of rosemary bark, sniffed, will, even if you are in gaol, release you The leaves made into salve, placed on a wound, where the flesh is dead, will cure the wound A spoon made out of its wood will make whatever you eat therewith nutritious Place it under the door post, and no snake nor adder can ever enter thy house The leaves placed in beer or wine will keep these liquids from becoming sour, and give them such a flavour that you will dispose of them quickly Place a branch of rosemary on the barrel, and it will keep thee from fever, even though thou drink of it for a whole day Such were some of the wonderful virtues of this plant, as given in the Brython_, vol. —  Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales

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