Ultimate Grimoire and Spellbook

Take nine pieces of a dead man's skull, grind them to powder, and then mix with a decoction of wall rue. Give the patient a spoo ...

person without faith, for the operator should not have uttered the mystery in the hearing of one who would mock, or treat the ma ...

grow up ugly, the fairies send it back, for they love beauty above all timings; and the fairy chiefs greatly desire a handsome m ...

The ancient arrowheads, called elf-stones by the people, are used as charms to guard the cattle. It is not safe to take an unbap ...

It is unlucky to steal a plough, or take anything by stealth from a smith's forge. When yawning make the sign of the cross insta ...

The cause of a club-foot is this--The mother stood on a cross in a churchyard before her child was born--so evil came. To cure f ...

A PRAYER AGAINST THE PLAGUE "O Star of Heaven, beloved of the Lord, drive away time foul constellation that has slain the people ...

quarts of ale, and give a spoonful fasting each morning till the cure is effected. The liquor is to be strained before use. DREA ...

The peasants affirm that the charm never fails in success, and the belief in its miraculous powers is so widespread that people ...

there be no improvement in the child after the treatment with herbs, then the witch-women sometimes resorts to terrible measures ...

* * * The Irish are very susceptible to omens. They say, "Beware of a childless woman who looks fixedly at your child." Fire is ...

Those who marry in autumn will die in spring. The yew-tree, the ash, and the elder-tree were sacred. The willow has a mystery in ...

Never take a child in your arms after being at a wake where a corpse was laid out unless you first dip your hands in holy water. ...

possessing the Evil Stroke at once quells the madness in the animal, who will crouch down trembling with fear, and become as inc ...

The fairy doctor must pronounce from which of these three causes the patient is suffering. The fairy-stroke, or the fairy-bleat, ...

If a potion is made up of herbs it must be paid for in silver; but charms and incantations are never paid for, or they would los ...

on which they ride over the country, and to Scotland and back. They have no religion, but a great dread of the Scapular (Latin w ...

and he will never again be able to return to earth or to leave the enchanted fairy palace. He is dead to his kindred and race fo ...

was visible. And it was said also that beautiful flowers grew on her grave, though no hand planted them there, and shadowy forms ...

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