Evil eye in the western Highlands
Part 15
Ground, must not touch the, 136, 137
emptied it on the, 156
Harm, 99, 222
Heifer, 59
Hendry, witch, 96
Holy Ghost, 176
Honeysuckle, 195
Horse collar, 146, 213
repeating its name three times, 189
shoe in the churn, 73
front o’t, 173
to sprinkle the water over the, 189
Humming, 53, 147
a symptom of the Evil Eye, 53
Hurtful eye, 33
Hurting and healing, united in one person, 99
_Iadh-shlait_, 195
Ill-will, 60
Incantation, 60, 97, 134, 144, 145, 146, 147
form of, 104
processes, 165
repeats an, 59, 164
Injured, 76, 86
by _cronachadh_, 151
by Evil Eye, 56, 183
the cow, 107
Injury, protection against, 44, 45, 114, 123
_Iubhar_, 119, 120
Ivy, 196
Juniper wood, 119, 136
Kicking, 56, 80
Knife, 216
Knowledge, 98
of healing, 98
the result of inquiry, 98
to cause injury, 99
_Laochain_, 196
_Laogh_, 13, 14
Lint, 147
Lips, 159
Living and the dead were wont to pass, 183
Look, a foal hurt by a mere, 80
a horse hurt by a mere, 80
cows hurt by a mere, 80, 81
Look, his would _cronach_ it, 103
milk hurt by a mere, 81
Loup, 60
Lucky, 38
Magic eye, 204
fluid, 137
mirror, 114
thread, 201
_Maistir_, 209
_Maistirich_, 209
Malevolent, 98
Manure, 223
Marriage ring, a sixpence, and a penny, 162
Medicine bag, 141
_Meise de mhin_, 111
Melted lead, 198
Metal, 202
Milk, 90
a drink of, given to any one suspected of the Evil Eye, 122, 123
deterioration of, 90
taking a mouthful of, 90
Miscall, 117
Mislook, 5
Mordant, 144
Motive, 54
_Muin_, 208
_Mulach an teine_, 144
_Nathrach_, 94, 170
_leigheas airson lot_, 94
Neck, 141
bare, 157
_Neonain, Bun ’us Barr_, 94
Neutralise any bad influence, 129
Nicking the ear, 134
_Nos Origines_, 141
_Obair_, 144
_Oidche Bhealtuinn_, 132
_Olc_, 95
Operator, 145, 155, 156, 159
Overt act, 54
Paid, 109
Pail, half-crown piece in the, 154
Paper, put salt on a, 117
Pay, they do nothing without, 106
Payment, he did not want, 109
Pee, the milk has gone along with the, 57
Perform his charms by means of a bridle, 149
Performance, 97, 199
Peter, Paul, Mary, 176
_Piseach_, 6
_Pisearachd_, 6, 184, 185, 188
_Piseog_, 6
_Pisreag_, 6
Pokes, three wee, 188
Practice, 200
Practitioner of _eolas_, 23, 149, 158, 172
qualified, 52
unlicensed, 53
Practitioners vary, 164
Praised, animals she had, died, 87
butter scattered by being, 78
hen taken in dead by being, 79
pig injured by being, 79
Preventative, 117, 131, 132, 154, 163
charms, 141
Professional, 22
Professor, 210
of _eolas_, 96
Prognostications, 198
Protection of the Deity, 115
Quern, 205
Quey, 59
Quey, _air a cronachadh_, 66
blind, 59
calves, 193
Rag, burn a, 125
Remedy, 113
Request, 48
Rhyme, 154
Rift, 82
_Roin_, 94
Rowan, 118, 119, 133
_Sack of Da Derga’s Hostel_, 25
Saint Bridget, 160
_Salainn, dorlach_, 94
Salmon, 207, 208
Salt, a preservative, 83
and urine, sprinkled with, 136
used as a cure and preventative, 176
Sell, risky to refuse to, 49, 88
Serpent’s stone, 170, 171, 203
Seven small stones, 168
_Sgeith_, 19
_Sgil mu’n chronachaidh_, 111
_Sheirbhis, pris airson a_, 111
_Sheumais Eoin’s Pheadair_, 148
_Ruaidh_, 151
Shilling, 109, 161
_Shuil, an droch_, 16, 23
_bhuail an droch_, 16
_Fluich do_, 127
_ghabh an droch_, 17
_mo_, 116
_thuit an droch_, 17
Sign of the Cross, 159
that it was the Evil Eye, 162
Silver brooch, 160
coin, 30, 115, 155, 156, 158, 165, 166, 203
cure, 161
gold and copper, 161
piece, 108
Silver, white, 108
Sixpence to give her, 108
Skill, 101
Skilled, 51, 60, 71
Skin, 144
Slime, 170
Smiths, 84
_Snaithnean_, 145
_Snathainn cronachaidh_, 141
_dearg_, 95, 142
_Snuim_, 95, 142
Son of Mary, 160
_Sop_, 208
Sorcery, 6
Spells, 6
Spilling, 186
Spirit of health and healing, 160
Spit, 126
Spitting into the healing water, 165
Spot from which three parishes could be seen, 182
Sprinkle, used regularly to, 135
Sprinkled, 147, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 161, 164, 168, 193
_Sreang a’ chronachaidh_, 141
Stanes, bunch o’ sea-shore, 169
Stirk, 221
Stone, water dashed against, 155
Stones, and silver, performance with, 167 certain, used for curing in Evil Eye cases, 167
in the pokes, 189
taken from a particular burn, 167
_Suil sanntach_, 42
Tar, an Islay application against the Evil Eye, 132
_T-aibhisdear_, 220
Tether, waving it three times over the horse, 149
_Teum_, 17, 85
Thread, cure, 211
different colours used, 147
green, 148
must always be green lint, 147
red, 145, 146, 147
three knots on the, 145, 201
to be put three times round the child’s neck, 147
woollen, 145, 146
Threads, two, one black, and one white, 148
Three articles, 148
_Tiomnadh nuadh_, 94
_Tobar, ris an taobh deas_, 152
_o’n taobh deas_, 181
Toothache, curing of, 93
_Toradh_, 216, 223
bring back the, 109
meaning of, 5, 6
power of taking away, 101
Transmission of _eolas_, 102
_Tre tsuilib na sochaiae_, 4
Trinity, 104, 161, 182, 190, 201, 202
Turf, square of, 9
_Ubag_, 141
Udder, 77
_Uisge a’ chronachaidh_, 164, 202, 214
_bonn airgeid air a chuir ann am bowl_, 151
_dhoirteadh air an t-airgiod_, 157
_fior_, 182
Uncanny ways, 77
Urine as a preventative, 164, 209
sprinkling, 178
stale, 135, 139
strong, 138
Usual proviso, 153
Uvula, fallen, 148
Vet is no use, 91
Veterinary surgeon, 109
Vomit, 102
Water, 113, 124, 158, 159, 181, 186
absolutely putrid, 138
and copper coin, and a darning needle, 169
and stones, 167
and two threads, 148
as a diagnostic of _cronachadh_, 158
bottle of, 71, 152, 158
from a march over which the living and the dead pass, 182
from where the living and the dead pass, 161
must be poured on silver, 148
of silver, 154, 160
poured on three silver coins, 167
sprinkled on the child’s face, 115
Whisky, 198
Wish, 15
Witch, 6
Witch, burning, 137
cure, 221
doctor, 103, 221
Hendry, 96
of Endor, 96
reputed, 83
Witchcraft, 55, 129, 158, 215, 217, 221
Witchery, 6, 14
and the Evil Eye, 129, 223
protecting against, 135
resorted to as a cure, 55
white, 96
Wizard, a strong, 186
may have the Evil Eye, 56
red, 57
Wooden bicker, 159
Word, a, must not be spoken, 157
Words, 104, 145, 164, 172
good, 104, 145, 164
Yarn, ball of, 143
different colours of, 142
red, 144
three ply, 143
Yawn, 82
Yawning, an effect of the Evil Eye, 151
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