"(What is) evil in thee,
May the devil eat it much!
(What is) good in thee,
May it remain in thee!"But it is far more effective when the garlic is put on a rag of the clothes of
one who has been hanged, and the place rubbed with it.
OF PREGNANCY AND CHARMS, OR FOLK-LORE
CONNECTED WITH IT—AND CHARMS FOR
PREVENTING THE FLOW OF BLOODAGAINST BARENNESS
A barren woman in Eastern Europe is generally suspected of having had
intercourse with a vampire or spirit before her marriage, and she who has
done this, willingly or unconsciously, never has children. They have
recourse to many magic medicines or means to promote conception; one of
the most harmless is to eat grass from the grave in which a woman with
child has been buried. While doing this the woman repeats:--
"Dui riká hin mire minč,
Dui yârá hin leskro kor,
Avnás dûi yek jelo,
Keren ákána yek jeles."Or else the woman drinks the water in which the husband has cast hot
coals, or, better still, has spit, saying:--
"Káy me yákh som
Ac tu ángár,
Káy me brishind som,
Ac tu pâni!""Where I am flame
Be thou the coals
Where 1 am rain
Be thou the water!"