The Highland monthly - National Library of Scotland

Translated-
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Gat lie 1 licaritaiwiis. 283
Eye will see you,
Tongue will speak of you ;
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Heart will think of }-ou
The Three are protecting you
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
A. B.
His will be done. Amen.
Another supposed cure for the Evil E}-e was " Eolas
a' chronachaidh." An account of it is given in Mackenzie's
" Beauties," page 268, where it is stated that as the
incantation was sung a bottle of water was being filled,
and the performer so modulated his voice as to chime with
the gurgling of the liquid as it was poured into the vessel
The incantation, as given in the " Beauties," is as follows :—
Deanamsa dhutsa eolas air suil,
K uchd' I!le Phadruig Naoimh,
Air at amhaich is stad earbuill.
Air naoi conair 's air naoi connachair,
'S air naoi bean seang sith,
Air suil seana-ghille, 's air sealladh seana-mhna ;
Mas a suil fir i, i lasadh mar bhigh,
Mas a suil mnath' i, i bhi dh' easbhuidh a cich
Falcadair fuar agus fuarachd da 'fuil.
Air a ni, 's air a caoine,
Air a crodh 's air a caoraich fein.
Translated
—
Let me perform for you a charm for the evil eye,
From the breast of the holy Gil-Patrick [St Patrick],
Against swelling of neck and stoppage of bowels,
Against nine " Conair" and nine " Connachair,"
And nine slender fairies,
Against an old bachelor's eye and an old wife's eye.
If a man's eye may it flame like resin,
If a woman's eye may she want her breast,
A cold plunge and coldness to her blood,
And to her stock, to her men,
To her cattle and her sheep.
Mr Leland, in his " Gypsy Sorcery," makes several
references to the Evil Eye. At page 5 1 he describes the
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