A disc or plaque of copper, beaten thin and punched with a sign, hung on a cord at the neck. It is the cheap charm — the one bought when a child is sick and there is no coin for a healer — and popular belief credits copper against aches, fevers, and swellings of the joint. The metal greens where it lies against the skin and marks the shirt beneath.
Amulet, copper
Beaten copper disc-charm; cheap, and reckoned good against aches and fevers.