The Highland monthly - National Library of Scotland

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The Rightand Monthly.
Translated
A prayer which Columcille gave, by the will of the King of
Heaven,
Against the- Evil Eye, against hurt from the Fairies, against
spleen and liver
A cure from Heaven for the black spot near the breast,
For the flag (?) by which the Evil (King's Evil) is softened,
Through the favour of the Son of Mary, and the miracle of
the Son of God
A cure for the body and for smoothness of breathing.
THE FAIRIES.
" Who were the Fairies " is a question which I need not
discuss, but the followitig genealogy of them is interesting
Fairies log.—
Cha 'n ann do Shiol Adhamh sinn,
'S cha 'n e Abraham ar n-athair ;
Ach tha sinn de mhuinntir an Athar Uaibhrich,
Chaidh fhuadach a mach a Flaitheas.
Translated
We are not of the seed of Adam,
And Abraham is not our Progenitor ;
But we are the offspring of the Haughty Father,
Who out of Paradise was driven.
I need not here dilate on the wondrous feats attributed
to the Fairies. People blessed themselves, and prayed the
Almighty to protect them from Fairies, but I have not
come across any Anti-Fairy charms in the Highlands.
Here is one from the West of Ireland :
—
Agaijist Fairy Influence.
Gabhamuid le n-a g-coimirce,
A's diultamuid da n-imirte,
A g-cul linn 's a n-aghaidh uainn,
As ucht phaise 's bais ar Slanuightheora.
Translated
We accept their protection,
We repudiate their (evil) tricks,
(May) their back (be) to us, their face from us
Through merit of the passion and death of our
Saviour,
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