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Iv. Uibe. Incantations. 139. Love Charm

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"Carmina Gadelica, Volume 2", by Alexander Carmicheal, [1900],

p. 40

p. 41

Eolas Gradhaidh [139]

Love Charm

p. 40

p. 41

Eolas
gradhaidh dut,

Uisge thraghadh thromh shop,

Blaths an fhir [te] thig riut,

Le ghradh a tharsainn ort.

Eirich moch Di-domhnaich,

Gu lic chomhnard chladaich

Beir leat beannach pubaill,

Agus currachd sagairt.

Deannan beag a ghriosaich

An iochdar do bhadain,

Dolman corr a ghruaigean

Ann an sluasaid mhaide.

Tri cnamhan seann-duine,

An deigh an creann a uaigh,

Naoi goisne reann-roinnich,

An deigh an treann le tuaigh.

Loisg iad air teine crionaich

Is dean gu leir diubh luath;

Crath am brollach broth do leannain,

An aghaidh gath gaoth tuath.

Rach ruaig rath an alachd,

Car nan coig cuart,

'S bheirim brath is baran duit

Nach falbh am fear [bean] sin uat.

A Love
charm for thee,

Water drawn through a straw,

The warmth of him [her] thou lovest,

With love to draw on thee.

Arise betimes on Lord's day,

To the flat rock of the shore

Take with thee the pointed canopy, [butter-bur (?)

And the cap of a priest. [fox-glove (?)

A
small quantity of embers

In the skirt of thy kirtle,

A special handful of sea-weed

In a wooden shovel.

Three bones of an old man,

Newly torn from the grave,

Nine stalks of royal fern,

Newly trimmed with an axe.

Burn them on a fire of faggots

And make them all into ashes;

Sprinkle in the fleshy breast of thy lover,

Against the venom of the north wind.

Go round the 'rath' of procreation,

The circuit of the five turns,

And I will vow and warrant thee

That man [woman] shall never leave thee.
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