Then cut 1 onion and 1 clove of garlic in thin slices; fry in 1 tablespoonful of butter.

Ah, what a thing is man devoid of grace, Adoring garlic with an humble face, Begging his food of that which he may eat, Starving the while he worshippeth his meat!

Indeed, the efficacy of numbers is not confined to any one locality; and Mr. Folkard mentions an instance in Cuba where, "thirteen cloves of garlic at the end of a cord, worn round the neck for thirteen days, are considered a safeguard against jaundice."

" According to Crollius, the woody scales of which the cones of the pine-tree are composed "resemble the fore-teeth;" hence pine-leaves boiled in vinegar were used as a garlic for the relief of toothache.

Grate in a piece of celery root and a piece of garlic about the size of a bean, add a small onion, a minced tomato, a quarter of a loaf of stale bread; also grated, and mix up the whole with one egg.

Add salt and mashed garlic to beans and one or two teaspoons of sugar.

The Bolognese, who regard garlic as the symbol of abundance, buy it at the festival as a charm against poverty during the coming year.