But the mighty charm of charms to protect cattle from theft is the
following: Three drops of blood are made to fall from the finger of a little
child on a piece of bread which is given to the animal to eat, with these
words:
"Dav tute trinen rátá
Ternes te láces ávná!
Ko tut čorel, ádáleske
Hin rát te más shutyárdye!Káná rátá te rátá
Paltire per ávná,
Yákh te yákh te báre yákh
Sikoves çál te çál
Ko kámel tut te çál!""I give three (drops of) blood
To become young and good;
Who steals thee to him
Shall be (is) blood and flesh dried up!When blood and blood
Pass into thy belly,
Fire and fire and great fire
Shall devour and devour all
Who will eat thee!"When the wandering, or tent-gypsies, find that cattle are ill and do not
know the nature of the disease, they take two birds--if possible quails, called
by them bereçto or füryo--one of which is killed, but the other, besprinkled
with its blood, is allowed to fly away. With what remains of the blood they
sprinkle some fodder, which is put before the animal, with the words:--
"So ándre tu miseç hin
Avri ává!
Káthe ker ná ávlá,
Miseçeske!
Káná rátá ná ávná,
Násvályipen ná ávná!
Miseç, tu ávri ává,
Ada ker ná láce;
Dáv rátá me káthe!"