Unlike our contemporary Serpentina, snake-charming star of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow, the original Serpenta (possibly named Irene Ferrill, b. circa 1898), was billed to be boneless, lacking any bones apart from her skull. Thus she was billed as a snake girl or serpent girl, because she had the ability to sort of bend her [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:08AM on April 12, 2013