Mythology & Folklore
Spell for Evil Eye
Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. II (1900): Incantations
The fair spell that lovely Mary sent,
Over stream, over sea, over land.
Against incantations, against withering glance,
Against inimical power.
Against the teeth of wolf,
Against the testicles of wolf.
Against the three crooked cranes,
Against the three crooked bones.
Against the three crooked ' creothail,'
And against lint ' leothair ' of the ground.
Whoso made to thee the eye.
May it lie upon himself,
May it lie upon his house,
May it lie upon his flocks,
May it lie upon his substance.
May it lie upon his fatness.
May it lie upon his means.
May it lie upon his children.
May it lie upon his wife,
May it lie upon his descendants.
I will subdue the eye,
I will suppress the eye,
And I will banish the eye.
The three arteries inviting (?),
And the tongue of death completely.
Three lovely little maidens.
Born the same night with Christ,
If alive be these three to-night,
Life be anear thee, poor beast.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Spell for Evil Eye.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/152/.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Spell for Evil Eye.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/152/.
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