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,