{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/hoe/hoe2-86.htm","path":"neu/hoe/hoe2-86.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/hoe/hoe2-86.htm","text":"| THOU beneath the bridge, the smooth wood Under juniper the rough wood, Thou the arrow in the willows, O thou challenged gold-adorned one, Earthy-coloured, liver-coloured, Rainy-hued and hazel-coloured, Firebrand hued and cherry-coloured, Do not thou in secret bite me, Nor attack me unsuspecting, Do not bite me when I heed not. | \n1 Kreutzwald and Neus, Mythische und magische Lieder, p. 7. Charms of this kind are very common in Finland and Esthonia, and a whole volume has been published by the Finnish Literary Society under the name of Loitsurunoja, selections from which have been recently published in \u201cFolklore\u201d by the Hon. John Abercromby.","title":"CHARM AGAINST SNAKE-BITE.","type":"page"}