Anthony (Tony) Cameron writes:
I think that might be an old wive's tale. As a child I used to catch
snakes on Central and North Coast beaches.

At a beach once I noticed a black snake dozing on the sand right where I
was going to sit! My guess is that it found the habitat well provisioned--
rats attracted by the food discarded by people using the beach by day.

Currently I have found snakes in my sal****er pool
on several occasions.

I once had spiteful neighbours, too! I moved. ;-)
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John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)