Ultimate Grimoire and Spellbook

But the last blow knocked the poor hare quite dead and immediately a great big weasel sat up, and began to spit at him. This gre ...

A water wagtail near the house betokens bad news on its way to you. If the first lamb of the season is born black, it foretells ...

recovery from sickness, or the approach of death; all through the skilful use of herbs, the knowledge of which had come down to ...

caused the red spots on the salmon. ' And whoever could catch and eat one of these salmon would be indued with the sublimest poe ...

came out whole, it being a sovereign remedy for all diseases. But the king of the Tuatha having lost his hand in the combat, the ...

A fine, handsome young man, of the best character and conduct, suddenly became wild and reckless, drunken and disorderly, from t ...

MEDICAL SUPERSTITIONS AND ANCIENT CHARMS THE healing art in all the early stages of a nation's life, and amongst all primitive t ...

"It is from a hidden reptile," he answered. "And what groan is that?" asked Fioneen of the third pupil. "It is from a poisoned s ...

and the people in fact, as to their habits and ideas, remain much the same as bi. Patrick left them fourteen hundred years ago. ...

TO WIN LOVE "O Christ, by your five wounds, by the nine orders of angels, if this woman is ordained for me, let me hold her hand ...

FOR THE MEASLES "'The child has the measles,' said John the Baptist. "'The time is short till he is well,' said the Son of God. ...

TO CAUSE HATRED BETWEEN LOVERS Take a handful of clay from a new-made grave, and shake it between them, saying-- "Hate ye one an ...

FOR SORE EYES "Take away the pain, O Mary, mother, and scatter the mist from the eyes. For all power is given to the mother of C ...

IN TIME OF BATTLE "O Mary, who had the victory over all women, give me victory now over my enemies, that they may fall to the gr ...

FOR A SORE BREAST To be said in Irish, while a piece of butter is rubbed over the breast-- "O Son, see how swelled is the breast ...

FOR PAINS "I kill the evil; I kill the worm in the flesh, the worm in the grass. I put a venomous charm in the murderous pain. T ...

FOR THE BITE OF A MAD DOG An oration which Colum-Cille set to a wound full of poison-- "Arise, O Carmac, O Clunane, through Chri ...

FOR FRECKLES Anoint a freckled face with the blood of a bull, or of a hare, and it will put away the freckles and make the skin ...

Nine hairs from the tail of a black cat, chopped up and soaked in water, which is then swallowed, and the cough will be relieved ...

FOR WATER ON THE BRAIN Cover the head well with wool, then place oil-skin over, and the water will be drawn up out of the head. ...