202 NETHER LOCHABER. 



perhaps, than anybody else with the antiquities and folk-lore of 

 the Outer Hebrides. The incantation that follows was taken down 

 by Mr. Carmichael from the recitation of " an honest, unsophisti- 

 cated old Banarach, or dairymaid, in. North Uist, who is even yet 

 occasionally consulted about sickly cows " : 



RANN LEIGHEAS GALAK CEUIDH. 



Crlosd' 'us Ostail 'us Eoin 



An triuir sin is binne gloir 



A dh-eirich a dheanada na h-6ra, 



Roimh dhorus na Cathrach, 



No air gh'm deas De Mhic. 



Air na mnathan mdr-shuileach, 



Air na feara geur shuileach, 



'Sair na saighdean sitheadach ; 



Dithis a lasachadh alt agus ga 'na adhachadh 



Agus triuir a chuireas mi 'an urra rin sin, 



An t-Athair, 'sar Mac 'san Sprorad Naomh, 



Ceithir ghalara fichead 'an aoraibh duine 's beathaich, 



Dia ga sgriobanh, Dia ga sguabadh, 



As t-fhail, as t-fheoil, 'sad 'chnkiinh 'sad 'smuais ; 



'Smar a thog Crlosd' meas air bharra gach crann, 



Gum b'ann a thogas Edhiotsa 



Gach suil, gach gnu 'sgach farmad, 



On 'la u dingh gu latha deireannach do shaoghaiL Amen. 



In English 



A HEALING INCANTATION FOR DISEASES IN CATTLE. 



Christ and His Apostle and John, 



These three of most excellent glory, 



That ascended to make supplication 



Through the gateway of the city, 



Fast by the right knee of God's own Son. 



As regards evil-eyed women ; 



As regards blighting-eyed men ; 



As regards swift-speeding elf -arrows ; 



Two to strengthen and renovate the joints, 



And three to back (these two) as sureties 



The Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost. 



To four-and-twenty diseases are the reins of man and beast (subject) ; 



God utterly extirpate, sweep away, and eradicate them 



