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called
Gaelic Incantations. 435
The following is a more elaborate version of it, and is
Translated
—
Rami Bnachailleachd, or Herding Incantation.
Siubhail monaidh, suibhail coille,
Siubhail gu reidh fada, farsuinn,
Banachaig Phadruig mu'n casan
Gus 'm faic mise slan a risd sibh.
An sian a chuir Moire mu 'buar
Moch a's anmoch 's a tighinn bhuaidh ;
Ga'n gleidheadh bho pholl 's bho eabar,
Bho fheith 's bho adharcan a cheile,
Bho liana (?) na«creige-ruaidhe
'S bho luaths na Feinne.
Banachaig Phadruig ma'r casan
Gu'm a slan a thig sibh dhachaidh.
Traversing hills, traversing woods,
And (while) grazing far and near,
[May] St Patrick's milkmaid attend you
Till I see you well again ;
[And may] the charm made by Mary for her cattle.
Early and late going to and coming from the pasture
Protect you from pit and quagmire.
From fens or morasses, and from each other's horns ;
From the filling of the red rock [the rose or swelling
of the udder?]
And from the swift-footed Fingalians.
May St Patrick's milkmaid attend your footsteps
And scatheless may you again come home.
Akin to the foregoing is the
It is as follows
—
Orra- Gleidlieadh Spreidhe.
Cuiridh mise 'n spreidh so romham
Mar a dh-orduich Righ an Domhain,
Moire ga 'n gleidheadh a fheith nan coimbeach,
Air thus a Bhride mhin bi mar riu,
Le d' bhata 's led' lorg be rompa,
'S gu 'n glacadh tu clur as d' fholt,
O rinn thu dhaibh eolas a's earal,
Ga 'n gleidheadh o chall 's o lochd,
O bhathadh an allt 's o eharadh cam.