name of the one whom you love, and every day, morning and evening, say
over it
'As this root grows
And as this blossom blows,
May her heart be
Turned unto me!
'
"And it will come to pass that every day the one whom you love will be
more and more inclined to you, till you get your heart's desire."
A similar divination is practised by sowing cress or lettuce seed in the
form of names in gardens. If it grows well the one who plants it will win the
love of the person indicated.
CHARMS AND CONJURATIONS TO
CURE THE DISORDERS OF CHILDRENAGAINST ENCHANTMENT BY THE EVIL EYE
What is greatly dreaded is the Berufen, or being called on, "enchanted," in
English "overlooked," or subjected to the evil eye.
To learn whether a child has been overlooked, or evil-eyed, or
enchanted, the "wise woman" takes it in her arms, and goes to the next
running stream. There she holds the face of the babe as nearly as she can to
the water, and repeats:--
"Páñi, páñi sikova,
Dikh the upré, dikh télé!
Buti páñi sikovel
Buti pál yákh the dikhel
Te ákáná mudárel.""Water, water, hasten!
Look up, look down
Much water hastens
(May) as much come into the eye
Which looked evil on thee,
And may it now perish."If the running brook makes a louder sound than usual then it is
supposed to say that the child is enchanted, but if it runs on as before then