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Charm for Jaundice

by Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic) traditional; collected in the Highlands and Islands 1855–1899

Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. II (1900): Incantations

Mythology & Folklore

For the jaundice, for the spaul, for the bloody flux,
For the red disease, for the withering disease.
For the hot disease, for the skin disease.
For the brown disease, for the foot disease,
And for every disease that might be
In the constitution of cow
Or adhering to stirk.

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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Charm for Jaundice.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/136/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Charm for Jaundice.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/136/.

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