This, this (be as) I will!”

Another love-charm which belongs to ancient black witchcraft, and is known far and wide, is the following: When dogs are coupling (Wenn Hund und Hündin bei der Paarung zusammenhängen) the lover suddenly covers them with a cloth, if possible, one which is afterwards presented to the girl whom he seeks, while he says:—

“Me jiuklo, yoy jiukli,

Yoy tover, me pori,

Me kokosh, yoy cátrá,

Ádá, ádá me kamáv!”

“I the dog, she the bitch,

I the helve, she the axe,

I the cock (and) she the hen,