Here it is lucky (or fortunate)
In the world fortunate
Brooms and twigs (fuel)
And then more twigs,
And then yet more twigs
I put (give) to the fire.
Oh fire, oh fire—burn!
The child weeps: listen!”
In South Hungary the gypsy women on similar occasions sing the following charm:—
“Eftá Pçuvushá, efta Niváshá