"This talisman, which means 'the keeper, the holder,' is believed to protect man from the machinations of the evil spirits and to enable those who hang it up in their houses, or who wear it as an amulet, to resist the temptations to sin prompted by these demons.  The form of this talisman is circular.  In the centre is a smaller inner circle; in a second, larger circle is traced a star, and along the inner side of this circle and in the eight intersectional compartments formed by the corners of the star are inscribed the names of hostile spirits. Outside the circles are seen a male and a female, the arms of the one figure tied with chains to the feet of the other."  From Buddhism in Tibet by Emil Schlagintweit, 1863.  See Strange Talismans for Strange Times.

From Youth's Companion, 1920.

From Wee Wisdom, 1922.

From The Magic of Jewels and Charms by George Kunz, 1915.  See Strange Talismans for Strange Times.

From Subterranean Worlds Inside Earth by Timothy Green Beckley, 1992.

From The Jumble Book by David Cory, 1920.

From Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac by Ernest Thompson Seton, 1904.

From Amrita, 1971.

From Castle of Frankenstein 21, 1974.

From Wee Wisdom, 1906.

"An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland" by Bernard Sleigh, 1918.

From Ghost Stories, 1927.

"Cut on dootted lines."  From Wee Wisdom, 1910.

From the Fables of Aesop, told anew by Joseph Jacobs, 1894.

From West By South by Stothers & Armitage and illustrated by C. W. Jeffreys, 1938.

From Chatterbox, 1878.

From Wee Wisdom, 1906.

"Bite the bubble."  From Spick and Span by Andress, Goldberger & Dolch and illustrated by M. & F. Hoopes, 1939.

From Purple Parrot, 1931.