Mythology & Folklore
A Malediction
Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. II (1900): Incantations
Mythology & Folklore
There came two out
From the City of Heaven,
A man and a woman,
To make the ' oisnean.'
Curses on the blear-eyed women.
Curses on the sharp-eyed men,
Curses on the four venomous arrows of disease.
That may be in the constitution of man and beast.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “A Malediction.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/156/.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “A Malediction.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/156/.
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