TO CAUSE HATRED BETWEEN LOVERS
Take a handful of clay from a new-made grave, and shake it between
them, saying--
"Hate ye one another! May ye be as hateful to each other as sin to Christ,
as bread eaten without blessing is to God."
FOR LOVE
This is a charm I set for love; a woman's charm of love and desire; a
charm of God that none can break—
"You for me, and I for thee and for none else; your face to mine, and your
head turned away from all others."
This is to be repeated three times secretly, over a drink given to the one
beloved.
HOW TO HAVE MONEY ALWAYS
Kill a black cock, and go to the meeting of three cross-roads where a
murderer is buried. Throw the dead bird over your left shoulder then and
there, after nightfall, in the name of the devil, holding a piece of money in
your hand all the while. And ever after, no matter what you spend, you will
always find the same piece of money undiminished in your pocket.
FOR THE GREAT WORM*
"I kill a hound. I kill a small hound. I kill a deceitful hound. I kill a worm,
wherein there is terror; I kill all his wicked brood. Seven angels from
Paradise will help me, that I may do valiantly, and give no more time to the
worm to live than while I recite this prayer. AMEN."
- The ancient serpent-idol was called in Irish, "The Great Worm." St.
Patrick destroyed it, and had it thrown into the sea. There are no serpents
now to be found in Ireland, not even grass snakes or scorpions.