CHARM FOR RHEUMATIC PAINS.
Eòlas Galar Tholl (lit. perforating disease).
“Close God about thee,
Look people over thee,
To Christ, or else—
Lift from us the gallows,
Away, away,
Thy poison in the ground,
And thy pain in the stone.”
Otherwise:
“An arrow thrown with sudden terror,
Salt to cure the wound,
Jesus Christ to keep the Elfin arrow quiet,
The charm of God about thee,
Blind are people over thee,
Thy covering about Colum-Kil,
And the covering of Colum-Kil about thee,
To protect thee and watch over thee
Against the people of this world
And of the next.”