FOR PAINS
"I kill the evil; I kill the worm in the flesh, the worm in the grass. I put a
venomous charm in the murderous pain. The charm that was set by Peter
and Paul; the charm that kills the worm in the flesh, in the tooth, in the
body."
This oration to be said three times, while the patient is rubbed with
butter on the place of the pain.
Another.
A happy mild charm, a charm which Christ discovered. The charm that
kills the worm in the flesh.
"May Peter take, may Paul take, may Michael take, the pain away, the
cruel pain that kills the back and the life, and darkens the eyes."
This oration written, and tied to a hare's foot, is always to be worn by the
person afflicted, hung round the neck.
FOR A SPRAIN
In the Western Isles the following charm is used for a sprain--
A strand of black wool is wound round and round the ankle, while the
operator recites in a low voice—
"The Lord rade and the foal slade,
He lighted and He righted;
Set joint to joint and bone to bone,
And sinew unto sinew.
In the name of God and the Saints,
Of Mary and her Son,
Let this man be healed. AMEN."A. similar charm was used in Germany in the tenth century, according to
Jacob Grimm.
TO CAUSE LOVE
Golden butter on a new-made dish, such as Mary set before Christ. This
to be given in the presence of a mill, of a stream, and the presence of a tree;
the lover saying softly--
"O woman, loved by me, mayest thou give me thy heart, thy soul and
body. AMEN."