Keeping bhūjra patra or banana leaf above the fourfold cloth is essential. Apart from their attributes to help in this chemical process, they prevent the fall of mercury from the paste through the cloth into the bottom of the pot of dolā yantra. If during fomentation mercury penetrates through the layer of paste then it will remain above the layer of leaf placed over the cloth, thus permitting the intended chemical action to continue.

The screams began as the usual long screel.

They went to the Six Hickories church—tithed—and behaved themselves.

Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please.