Chapter Saints to Sakhrat of S by Brewer's Readers Handbook

For dogs, St. Hugh; for geese, St. Gallus; hogs, St. Antony; horses, St. Loy; kine, St. Loy; against mice, St. Gertrude; against rats, St. Gwendelin.

Saints’ Tragedy (The), a dramatic poem by Charles Kingsley, based on the story of Elizabeth of Hungary (1846).

Sakhar, the devil who stole Solomon’s signet. The tale is that Solomon, when he washed, entrusted his signet-ring to his favourite concubine Amîna. Sakhar one day assumed the appearance of Solomon, got possession of the ring, and sat on the throne as the king. During this usurpation, Solomon became a beggar, but in forty days Sakhar flew away, and flung the signet-ring into the sea. It was swallowed by a fish, the fish was caught and sold to Solomon, the ring was recovered, and Sakhar was thrown into the sea of Galilee with a great stone round his neck.—Jallâloddin: Al Zamakh. (See Fish And The Ring, p. 370.)

Sakhrat [Sak-rah], the sacred stone on which mount Kâf rests. Mount Kâf is a circular plain, the home of giants and fairies. Any one who possesses a single grain of the stone Sakhrat has the power of working miracles. Its colour is emerald, and its reflection gives the blue tint to the sky.—Mohammedan Mythology.