 But I'm after keeping it with me from that day to this, and I'm telling you there's great power in it. Tis great bad luck it saved me from, and me roaming on the seas and having it tied around my neck when my last ship sunk, and it bringing me safe to land when the others went to their death. And I'm warning you now, if you'd swear an oath on this, tis my old woman herself be looking down from heaven above and praying Almighty God and the saints to put a great curse on you if she hear you swearing a lie.