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Carmina Gadelica, Volume 2, by Alexander Carmicheal, [1900], at sacred-texts.com


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OBA RI SUL [151]

SPELL OF THE EYE

 

 

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OBA mho-ghil,
A chuir Moir Oighe,
Chon ighinn Dorail,
Nan or-bhi cuach,
A nall air mor-thir,
A nall air oir-thir,
A nall air log-thir,
A nall air cuan,
Chon casga sula,
Chon casga dula,
Chon casga tnutha,
Chon casga fuatha,
Chon tilleadh breotaich,
Chon tilleadh greotaich,
Chon tilleadh sreotaich,
Chon tilleadh ruaidh.

 

THE spell fair-white,
Sent of Mary Virgin,
To the daughter of Dorail,
Of the golden-yellow hair,
Hither on main-land,
Hither on coast-land,
Hither on lake-land,
Hither on ocean,
To thwart eye,
To thwart net,
To thwart envy,
To thwart hate.
To repel 'breotaich,'
To repel 'greotaich,'
To repel 'sreotaich,'
To repel rose.

 


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