By the bones of my ten fingers has replaced the anemic oaths of childhood. Wappin' Wharf Charles S. Brooks If the patient is anemic, a good iron preparation may prove useful.
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The Boggart. In English folklore, a boggart (or bogart) is a household fairy which causes things to disappear, milk to sour, and dogs to go lame. Always malevolent, the boggart will follow its family wherever they flee.