Show TALISMANS POPULAR KJ IN MALTA odd shaped stones to ward 0 of 1 1 E ef f fecas of snake poison there are a re still to bo be found in rial mal ta a number of small email stones shaped and colored like the eyes tongues and parts of serpents serpente the superstitions among the mat mal tese connect these with the tradition that st paul when shipwrecked waa vas cast on their island and that it was there that while 1 ahting a bundle of sticks for a flie a viper fastened on the apostles hand st paul c calmly almly shook the reptile oft off into the flames and no harm followed the n natives wear these the 30 stones as talismans talis mans as in which ch character arneter they suppose them serviceable in warding oft off dangers from snake bites and the arp found in st paul s eave cave im bedded in cla and are set in rings and bract bracelets lets and when found to be in the shape of a tongue or her or beail are hung around the neck are also taken da lb solved in mine which method Is 1 al amended tended ac cording to some people by more im mediate results |