The toadstone, also known as bufonite (from Latin bufo, "toad"), is a mythical stone or gem that was thought to be found in the head of a toad. It was...
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Pholad borings, other rocks with curious but naturally created holes. Toadstone Grimassi, Raven (2000). Encyclopedia of Wicca & Witchcraft. p. 201. ISBN 9781567182576...
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Ivory Jet Nacre Operculum Pearl Tortoiseshell Other natural objects Bezoar Bog-wood Ebonite (vulcanite) Gutta-percha Hair Shell Spondylus shell Toadstone...
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Ivory Jet Nacre Operculum Pearl Tortoiseshell Other natural objects Bezoar Bog-wood Ebonite (vulcanite) Gutta-percha Hair Shell Spondylus shell Toadstone...
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Ivory Jet Nacre Operculum Pearl Tortoiseshell Other natural objects Bezoar Bog-wood Ebonite (vulcanite) Gutta-percha Hair Shell Spondylus shell Toadstone...
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Gorochana List of English words of Persian origin Regurgitalith Snake-stones Toadstone (1603) 79 ER 3 "bezoar" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary Bala M, Appelbaum...
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assay food at meals. She also owned a ring set with a "paddock stone", a toadstone also valued as an antidote to poison. There was a book of gold leaf for...
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Ivory Jet Nacre Operculum Pearl Tortoiseshell Other natural objects Bezoar Bog-wood Ebonite (vulcanite) Gutta-percha Hair Shell Spondylus shell Toadstone...
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Ivory Jet Nacre Operculum Pearl Tortoiseshell Other natural objects Bezoar Bog-wood Ebonite (vulcanite) Gutta-percha Hair Shell Spondylus shell Toadstone...
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It was also believed that there was a jewel inside a toad's head, a "toadstone", that when worn as a necklace or ring would warn the wearer of attempts...
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modern name. Pliny also makes one of the earlier known references to toadstones, thought until the 18th century to be a magical cure for poison originating...
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2021 Lucy Caldwell All the People Were Mean and Bad Winner Danny Rhodes Toadstone Shortlist Rory Gleeson The Body Audit Shortlist Georgina Harding Night...
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the middle of the stone, and recovery from snakebite. (Welsh mythology) Toadstone (also Bufonite), a mythical stone thought to be produced by a toad that...
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coral and pearl were also included in this category, comprising amber and toadstone as fossilized substances. Carrying a diamond was recommended to keep limbs...
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squabbling, but the absence of physical specimens was soon fatal. Hyraceum Toadstone Walton, 364, quoted Walton, 377 Earle R. Caley and John F.C. Richards...
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hopes of providing chronological or cultural markers. Bezoar Madstone Toadstone Tongue stone The brooch of Lorn Archived 2013-08-30 at the Wayback Machine...
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Ivory Jet Nacre Operculum Pearl Tortoiseshell Other natural objects Bezoar Bog-wood Ebonite (vulcanite) Gutta-percha Hair Shell Spondylus shell Toadstone...
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attributes to actual animals. He writes, for example, that: True toads have a toadstone in their heads that protects people from poison. Weasels give birth through...
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bright coloured gemstones and enamelled gold settings, together with toadstones, cameos, scent bottles, fan holders, crystal tankards and a salt cellar...
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Book V, chapter 24. Bezaar – Bezoar Book V, chapter 27. ..... Borax – Toadstone Book V, chapter 30. ..... Calx – Calcium oxide Book V, chapter 33. Celidonius...
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1965) – based on English Harlequinade, OCLC 171051291 A Lodestone and a Toadstone, Irene Elmer (Alfred A. Knopf, 1969), OCLC 50979 Staffan: an old Christmas...
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Ivory Jet Nacre Operculum Pearl Tortoiseshell Other natural objects Bezoar Bog-wood Ebonite (vulcanite) Gutta-percha Hair Shell Spondylus shell Toadstone...
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Ivory Jet Nacre Operculum Pearl Tortoiseshell Other natural objects Bezoar Bog-wood Ebonite (vulcanite) Gutta-percha Hair Shell Spondylus shell Toadstone...
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Random: Deviation (Wildgoose) Laurel Swift: Beam (NECTA Arts) Random: Toadstone (Wildgoose) Whapweasel: Colour (Whapmusic) Faustus: Faustus (Navigator)...
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Ivory Jet Nacre Operculum Pearl Tortoiseshell Other natural objects Bezoar Bog-wood Ebonite (vulcanite) Gutta-percha Hair Shell Spondylus shell Toadstone...
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Norwich: Geo Abstracts. Arnold-Bemrose, Henry Howe (February 1907). "The Toadstones of Derbyshire: their Field-Relations and Petrography". Quarterly Journal...
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2 metres (6.6 ft). The teeth of Scheenstia were historically known as toadstones, and were attributed magical and medicinal properties in Medieval Europe...
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which includes 60 great pearls and 440 lesser pearls, with a crapault or toadstone, prized as an antidote to poison. Hayes and the Welsh goldsmith Morgan...
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Charles (1824). "Notice Accompanying Specimens of Lead Ore, Found in Toadstone, from near Matlock, Derbyshire". Transactions of the Geological Society...
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