drummedary

Updated: May 31, 2025

"Then how would you, Mr. Romany Rye, pass off the veriest screw in the world for a flying drummedary?" "By putting a small live eel down his throat; as long as the eel remained in his stomach, the horse would appear brisk and lively in a surprising degree."

George Henry Borrow - The Romany Rye

If I am obliged to do it, I can pass off the veriest screw as a flying drummedary, for even when I was a child I had found out by various means what may be done with animals. I wish now to ask a civil question, Mr. Romany Rye. Certain folks have told me that you are a horse witch; are you one, or are you not?" "I, like yourself," said I, "know, to a certain extent, what may be done with animals."

George Henry Borrow - The Romany Rye