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Cud Chewing Charm

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

If thou hast eaten the grass of the nine bens,
Of the nine fells, of the nine hillocks.
If thou hast drunk the water of the nine falls,
Of the nine streams, of the nine lakelets.
Poor ' Gruaigein ' of the hard paunch,
Loved one, chew thou thy cud.
Poor ' Gruaigein ' of the hard paunch.
Loved one, chew thou thy cud.

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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Cud Chewing Charm.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/199/.

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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Cud Chewing Charm.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/199/.

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