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426 The Highlmid Monthly.
Another cure for "raising the uvula" was the Ciochagthraghad.
This small, red, uvula-like marine polypus was
gathertd when the tide was out, tied in a piece of cloth,
and hung on the crook above tlie fire, in the name of the
Trinity, mentioning the name of the sufferer from the
Cioch-sJdugain at the same time. As the CiocJiag-thraghad
shrank under the influence of the fire, so it was believed
that the uvula of the sufferer would resume its normal
size
!
KING'S EVIL.
Here is an Irish charm for the King's Evil :
Marbhuigheann m' ortha easbaidh bruth
—
Eachmhaidh chneadha, eachmhaidh chneadha,
Gach cnuimh i n-deid a's gach peist
A mbidheann nimh ann.
In ainm an Athar agus an Mhic agus an .Spioraid Naoi'-nh.
Translated
—
My charm doth kill the hot evil
—
The gnawing worm, the gnawing worm ;
Every worm in tooth, and every monster
Of poisonous nature.
In the name of the Father, &c,
ROINN A' MHAIM OR "APPORTIONING" SWOLLEN GLANDS.
The Mam, or, as it is called in some districts, Man, is a
swelling of the glands in the armpit, or at the upper end of
the thigh glaic na sleisde} Mam is probably the correct
form— the swelling being so called from its resemblance to
viam, a round hillock.
The popular method of curing the Mam was to have it
divided or apportioned
—
roinn—over a number of mams or
hillocks in different parts of the country. The mode of
carrying out the roinn, or apportioning, was as follows :—The
person who practised the Eolas took a darning needle and
laid it across the Mam or swelling. He then took an axe
and placed its edge on the needle, thus forming a cross, and
^ Minn = A certain bile or ulcerous swelling of the armpit ; ulcus quLcdam,
ulcus in axilla.—Highland Society's Dictionary.
Mciu = X brook bile, or an ulcerous swelling under the arm.—Macfarlane's
Vocabulary.