I knowed a man in Paphlagonia who'd swallow a live snake every morning…

Neil Gaiman
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I knowed a man in Paphlagonia who'd swallow a live snake every morning, when he got up. He used to say, he was certain of one thing, that nothing worse would happen to him all day. 'Course they made him eat a bowlful of hairy centipedes before they hung him, so maybe that claim was a bit presumptive. ✨ Neil Gaiman (2007). Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie, Vertigo
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