Mythology & Folklore

Charm for a Bursting Vein

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

The rune made by the holy maiden Bride
To the lame mariner,
For knee, for crookedness, for crippleness.
For the nine painful diseases, for the three venomous
diseases.
Refuse it not to beast, deny it not to dame.

Christ went on a horse,
A horse broke his leg,
Christ went down,
He made whole the leg.

As Christ made whole that,
May Christ make whole this.
And more than this.
If it be His will so to do.
The charm made by Columba,
On the bottom of the glen.
For bursting of vein, for dislocation of bone —
Thou art ill to-day, thou shalt be well to-morrow.

MLA

Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Charm for a Bursting Vein.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/137/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Charm for a Bursting Vein.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/137/.

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