Charm to Make a Servant Reliable
“Y neb a fyno gael ei weinidog yn gywir, doded beth o’r lludw hwn yn nillad ei weinidog ac efe a fydd cywir tra parhao’r lludw.”—Y Brython, vol. iii., p. 137.
Which is:—Whosoever wishes to make his servant faithful let him place the ashes (of a snake) in the clothes of his servant, and as long as they remain there he will be faithful.
There are many other wonderful things to be accomplished with the skin of an adder, or snake, besides the preceding. The following are recorded in Y Brython, vol. iii., p. 137.