The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-19
THE DESPISED TO ALD.
POPULAR HATRED OFsTHE ANNALS
.ssy OF GREAT sANTIouITY.

&H sEOrag5 SanCS> L. AN tlota $500
| In Legendary as Well as In$supsrsti-
tious Lore the Uncouth and Mis-
| shapen Creature Plays No Small
Pnrt-The Belief In Toad stones.
The unfortunate toad has from time
immemorial been an object of distrust
and aversion especially among the
common people. 4 pleasing tale runs
that gentleman, walking along q
country lane, came suddenly upon q
village boy belaboring the crushed
body Of a toad with heavy stick and
exclaiming at each blow IN !arn e
to be a toad!' whereat the indignant
newcomer, selling the miscceant by
his collar, vigorously applied q cane
to his legs, remarking. III larn you
to be a boy" The popular hatred of
the toad. indeed, is of such antiquity
and is still so general as to seem in
eradicable. That the creature is not
dangerously poisonous it Is hopeless
to attempt to convince the ordinary
rustic Doubtless this belief has its
origin in the acrid secretion which the
toad has the power of emitting when
disturbed or annoyed unAuly and
which will cause Il dog that has in
cautiously picked up a toad to foam
at the mouth. Again. the U1couth np-
pearaIlce OF the creature has had snuch
to 10 With the feeling of repUiSion
with which it has always boon regard
ed ...Suuat like Il toad is tie phrase
.by which Milton describes the evil one
essayiug to reach The ear Of Eve.
Superstition. in tr;lth. has laid 4 firm
hold o.: the toad's misshapen figure
The belief. not only in the existence of
;, sn-.nr..i..r, remedy for certain ills
WHEN is st;1 cnm,,,o,, in n,rts OF Che
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