adder stone
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
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adder stone. The glass balls or amulets possessed by the
druids, either for mysteries or for ornament, were known as ‘adder stones’ in several Celtic languages: Bret. glain neidr, ScG gloine nathair, W glain nadredd; but in Cornish it is millpreve. The stones were thought to have been formed during the summer by bubbles, blown from the mouth of the adder and hardened by sliding down the length of its back, forming a crystal ring, worn as an amulet. The adder is the only poisonous snake in the British Isles.
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The Polish campaign 1939.
Magazine article from: National Review; 6/14/1985; ; 649 words
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/2/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...and orders his associates shot. The American reporter Edward Beattie glimpsed a sign in the London Zoo that for him...admirably, animating figures long-forgotten -- Marshal Smigly-Rydz of Poland, Premier Daladier of France, hapless Emile...
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Rydz-Smigly, Edward
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Rydz-Smigly, Edward (b. 11 Mar. 1886, d. 12 Dec. 1941). Polish dictator 1935–9 Born in Brezezany, Galicia, he rose within the...
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