INDEX

Acallam na Senorach, [3]
Acquaintances, divided into two classes, [46]
Admiration, expressions of, to be avoided, [76]
Albumen, [198]
Alum, [144]
Amhairc, droch, [5]
Animal, [110], [140], [145], [146], [150]
An t-olc, [11]
Antiseptic, [132]
Augury, [198]
Bad e’e, [2]
eye, [25], [30], [43], [54], [207], [208]
One, held by the, [106]
Bardic Irish stories, [123]
Bawbees, [154]
Beannachadh, [98], [116], [124], [208]
Dia, [116]
Beliefs, [23]
Bhioball, [95]
Bhuidseachas, sgil mu, [13]
Biblical account, [214]
Bitten, [85]
Black Art, [114], [123]
pokes, [189]
thorn, sloe, [138]
Bless, [77], [115]
Blessed, [115]
Father, [160]
for the purpose of keeping away the Evil Eye, [114]
Blessing seems merely preventative, [117]
Blight, [45], [152]
by the Evil Eye, [69], [79]
Blinked, [45], [164]
Bodach granda, [96]
Bonnet, darning needle stuck in a, [204]
Bothan, [117]
Bottle, [109], [113], [136], [137], [146], [147], [153], [177], [191], [221]
Bridge, [165]
Bruchag, [131]
Buidseach, [197]
dh’ oibrich am, [14]
Henderson, [142]
Hendry, [95]
Buidseachas, [11], [13], [14], [182], [220]
Burning stick, [143]
waved over it, [131]
Burnt, if any man’s work shall be, [125]
Burrach, [121]
Butter not to be seen by anybody, [86]
Cac eun, [18]
Cailb, Samon, Sinand, [26]
Cailleach, [134]
Cairbre, [123]
Caorain dearg, [114]
Cap under her two knees, [106]
“Carmina Gadelica,” [104]
Cat cure, [196]
Ceapag caise, [205]
Chaoran, slat de’n, [95]
Charm, [137], [146], [153], [159], [197], 198
Charm, operated a, [77]
Charmed string, [21]
Charms, [6], [149]
Chickens, air an cronachadh, [66]
Cholic, [62]
Chratachan, [95]
Christian dogma, [163]
Chronachadh, air a, [23], [44], [62], [76], [102], [112], [151], [157], [161]
injury by, [153]
Churn, [123]
horse nail tied to the, [121]
nailing the shoe of a colt to the, [121]
scalding the, [173]
staff, [130], [143]
Churning, [29], [37], [57], [65], [99], [122], [124], [129], [198]
spoiled by the Evil Eye, [72], [73], [78]
Cinder, [128]
Circle formed by the thread, [143]
Circular motion, [145]
Clach-na-sùil, [169]
Cloth thrown over the churn, [86]
Clothing, burning a piece of the, [125]
Cluais, [193]
Coat, wrong side out, [131]
Coins, [157], [158], [163]
or brooch, [159]
three, seem to be the essential number, [159]
Columba, [160], [205]
Cook protects ducklings, [86]
Cormac’s Glossary, [5]
Corp creadha, [9]
Covetous, [200]
desire, [1], [2]
glance, [3]
Cow’s head and horns, [161]
Cron, [81]
meaning of, [6], [16], [30]
Cronachadh, [12], [13], [15], [22], [34], [88], [97], [98], [103], [124], [135], [154], [165], [203]
air a, [57], [91]
air an, [11], [15], [16], [32], [54], [92], [186], [187]
air do shuil, [18]
cases of, [32], [150]
cure in cases of, [22]
fhuair mi, [13]
is just envy, [42]
is quite common, [41], [167]
is still in it, [35], [78], [79]
Crown piece, [159]
Curative, [117], [184]
ritual, [201]
water, [201]
Cure, [181], [215]
view to its, [48]
Cured by magic, [56]
thread, [53]
Darning needle, [169], [203]
Decalogue, [200]
Deide, [92], [93], [94]
Deity, [115]
Dh’itheas, [19]
Diagnosis, [139], [162], [180], [198]
Dish struck on the bottom three times, [161]
Divinity, [204]
Dosgach, [15], [219], [220]
Drawing the tether, [89]
Droch sgeul, [23], [39], [44], [46], [102], [194]
Drovers, [112]
looked on with suspicion, [48], [49]
Druids, affinity to smiths, [84]
Ear, nicking the, [134]
Eibhleag as an teine, [128], 173
Eolas, [6], [91], [92], [152], [176], [188], [189], [190]
a’ chronachaidh, [62], [91], [94]
applied for, [97]
deide, [93], [94]
gach ni’n aite fein, [94]
greim, [94]
his father had, [98]
is from father to daughter, [102]
made the, [112]
makin’, [173]
man, [110], [136], [150], [167], [184], [186], [194], [210], [212], [216], [219]
nathrach, [94]
performance, [97]
practitioner of, [23], [149]
professor of, [149], [172]
professors of, [96]
sul, [94]
was kept in the family, [103]
woman, [109], [112], [147], [165], [168], [184], [210], [213]
Eructation connected with the Evil Eye and witchcraft, [83]
Evil Eye, [1], [5], [10], [13], [16], [197], [200], [203], [205], [207], [210], [219]
action of an, [55]
anybody may have the, [24]
avoiding suspicion of, [32]
belief in, [1], [12], [20], [45], [88], [154], [163]
belief that he himself had an, [33]
believed in, [33], [43], [140]
believer in the, [8], [129], [158]
case of the, [51], [148], [190]
cases of the, [146]
casting the, [26]
cattle more liable to damage from the, [53]
churning spoiled by the, [61], [124], [129]
counteracting the, [48], [131]
cows dying from effect, of the, [56]
developed by relation of sexes, [1]
different from witchcraft, [89]
difficulty of evolving a theory, [67]
distinction between possessing an, and doing harm with it, [35]
doubts as to the existence of an, [65]
effects of the, [7]
eggs injured by the, [66]
fowls affected by the, [61], [65], [130]
having the, [45]
horses liable to be affected by the, [61]
hurt by the, [82], [97], [113], [161], [166]
indirect advantage to those credited with the, [69]
is involuntary, [36]
is not always involuntary, [40]
literary evidence of the, [3]
locality of belief in the, [20]
modes of expressing the, [17]
no visible benefit to possessor, [68]
origin of, [1], [7]
or witchcraft, [114]
people who possess the, may suffer loss, [7]
possession of the, ascribed to females oftener than to males, 24
possessors of the, disliked, [24]
possessors of the, to be charged to their face, [29], [30]
possessors of the, unlucky to meet, [26], [27], [28]
reputation of an, [28], [129]
scientists, [216]
serpent’s stone, a cure for the, [170]
stirks more rarely affected than cows by the, [54]
survival of belief in, [10], [140]
symptoms, [51]
their, [195]
to be referred to active covetousness, [40]
to cure the, [145]
to keep away the, [44], [131]
water, [157]
women, believers in the, more than men, [23]
young more liable to the influence of the, [45]
Eye, [4], [17], [161], [203]
diabolical, [18]
envious, [70]
had struck, [180]
has fallen upon her, [34]
my, [47]
put his, in her, [83]
shall not spare, [45]
Facail, [94]
airson eolas, [94]
ceart, [94]
Fachan, [171]
Farmad na sul, [205]
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, [155]
Fhear mhosach, [107]
Fiam, [4]
Fios, [6], [141]
Fios-achd, [6]
Fiosrachadh, or eolas, [98]
Foal, [222]
Folklorists, [2]
Formula, [101], [145], [158], [173], [193], [208]
Galar’s easlainnte, [144]
Garbh sgeith, [19]
Gearr fheidh, [94]
Geas-arachd, [6]
Germicide the, [133]
Ghonadh, air a, [17]
mo, [127]
Ghuidhe i ris an fhear mhosach, [107]
Gisreag, [149]
Glance, envious, [5]
Gold, silver, and copper, [163], [201]
cure, [166]
ring and silver coin, [166]
or earring, [161]
Gonadh, [146], [246]
Green lint, [147]
Greim, [94]
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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