Mythology & Folklore

The Indigestion Spell

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 spell made of Columba,
To the one cow of the woman.
For the 'crailleach,' for the gum disease,
For the bag, for the ' colg,'
For the indigestion (?);
For the flux disease.
For the cud disease,
For the ' mir ' disease,
For the ' tolg ' disease.
For the surfeit (?) ;

For the ' oil ' disease,
For the ' mil ' disease,
For the water disease.
For the red disease,
For the madness (?) ;
I will cleave the ' crailleach,'
I will cleave the gum disease,
I will cleave the bag,
I will cleave the ' colg,' '
And I will kill the indigestion (?) ;
I will cleave the flux,
I will cleave the cud,
I will cleave the ' mir,'
I will cleave the ' tolg,'
And drive away the surfeit (?) ;
I will cleave the ' cil,'
I will cleave the ' mil,'
I will cleave the water,
' I will cleave the red.
And wither will the madness (?).

MLA

Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “The Indigestion Spell.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/198/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “The Indigestion Spell.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/198/.

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