Living
The Clipping Blessing
Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. I (1900): Labour
Go shorn and come woolly,
Bear the Beltane female lamb,
Be the lovely Bride thee endowing,
And the fair Mary thee sustaining,
The fair Mary sustaining thee.
Michael the chief be shielding thee
From the evil dog and from the fox,
From the wolf and from the sly bear,
And from the taloned birds of destructive bills,
From the taloned birds of hooked bills.
Codex Note
Gaelic: Am Beannachd Lombaidh. Carmina Gadelica I, no. 108, Labour.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “The Clipping Blessing.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/107/.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “The Clipping Blessing.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/107/.
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