Silver bullet (figurative 1945)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/10/2011 03:51 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Robert Southey alludes to the vulnerability of an English witch
>to a silver bullet in his  English Eclogues, "Eclogue VI: The Witch," in his
>_Poems_, II (Bristol, 1799), p. 221.

Given John Trumbull's 1772 quotation (OED), it would appear American
witches were sturdier than English.  Must have been the brisker New
England climate.

Joel

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