Sentence examples for snake handles from inspiring English sources

"Last year, I bought a sensational urn with snake handles that goes back to a very old European collection," he said.

The garden group includes a pair of terra-cotta urns with snake handles attributed to Mark Henry Blanchard, and a 90-foot-long balustrade from a 19th-century building.

Hensley's first experience with snake handling occurred between 1908 and 1914, after which he held snake-handling services in parts of rural Tennessee.

It is the education that is often wanting in a society for which vodou -- the Caribbean spelling of voodoo that she prefers -- means a sinister, primitive black-magic activity filled with dolls, zombies, snake handling and "a whole bunch of other crazy stuff," Ms. McAlister said.

That year, Hensley was arrested for snake handling in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

His resignation marked the zenith of the practice of snake handling in the denomination.

Practitioners of snake handling continue to view Hensley as a great man.

Various churches in the area barred those who practiced snake handling from membership.

He labeled those who rejected the observance of snake handling "unbelievers".

After Hensley spoke with her, she accepted the doctrine of snake handling.

Many writers have attempted to designate one person, often Hensley, as the progenitor of Appalachian religious snake handling.