Then the knife is stuck three, seven, or nine times into the earth. If the child or a grown person has a bleeding at the nose, some of the blood is covered with earth, and the following verse repeated:—
“Pçuvush, dáv tute
Pçuvush, lává mánge,
De tre cáveske
Hin may táte!
Sik lava!”
“Pcuvus, I give to thee,
Pcuvus, oh take from me,
Give it to thy child,
It is very warm,