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Note:  Do not rely on this information. It is very old.

Snake Stones

Snake Stones, a term used (1) for charred bones or pieces of porous stones which, when laid on a snake-bite, were said to absorb the poison; (2) for ammonites (q.v.), from the fact that fraudulent dealers fitted fictitious heads to them and sold them as fossil snakes; and (3) for adder-beads (q.v.).