"Oh duk ándro m'ro shero
The o dád miseçesero,
Adá dikhel ákáná,
Man tu máy dostá, márdyás,
Miro shero tu márdyás!
Tu ná ač tu ándre me.
Já tu, já tu, já kere.
Káy tu miseç čučides,
Odoy, odoy sikoves!
Ko jál pro m'ro ushályin,
Adáleske e duk hin!"Oh, pain in my head,
The father of all evil,
Look upon thee now!
Thou hast greatly pained me,
Thou tormentest my head,
Remain not in me!
Go thou, go thou, go home,
Whence thou, Evil One, didst suck,
Thither, thither hasten!
Who treads upon my shadow,
To him be the pain!"It will be seen that the principle of treading on the tail of the coat
practised in Ireland is much outdone by the gypsies who give a headache to
any one who so much as treads on their shadows.
HAIR
In connection with these charms for the head we may find not less
interesting those in reference to the hair, as given by the same authority, Dr.
von WLISLOCKI. The greatest pains are taken to ensure even for the new-
born child what is called a full head, because every one who dies bald is
turned into a fish, and must remain in this form till he has collected as many
hairs as would make an ordinary wig. But this lasts a long time, since he can
find but a single hair every month or moon. The moon is in many ways
connected in gypsy faith with the hair. He who sleeps bare-headed in its
light will lose his hair, or else it will become white. To have a heavy growth
a man must scoop up with his left hand water from a running brook, against
the current, and pour it on his head.