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Necklace

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A necklace of coral or white bryony beads used to be worn round the necks of children to aid their teething. Necklaces of hyoscyamus or henbane-root have been recommended for the same purpose. In Italy coral beloques are worn as a charm against the “evil eye.”

The fatal necklace. Cadmos received on his wedding-day the present of a necklace, which proved fatal to everyone who possessed it. Some say that Vulcan, and others that Euroʹpa, gave the necklace to Cadmos. Harmonia’s necklace (q.v.) was a similar fatal gift. (See Fatal Gifts.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Necessity
Neck
Neck-verse (Psalm li. 1)
Neck-weed
Neck and Crop
Neck and Heels
Neck and Neck
Neck or Nothing
Necked
Necklace
Necromancy
Nectar
Neddy (a man’s name)
Need Makes the old Wife Trot
Needs must when the Devil Drives
Needfire
Needful (The)
Needham
Needle
Negative Pregnant (A)