Thou evil one, come forth!’

“Trin párne, trin kále,

Trin tçule páshlajen káthe,

Ko len hádjinel

Ač kivá mánge!”

“Three white, three black,

Three fat lie together here.

Whoever disturbs them

Remain to me! (Be mine!)”

To insure pigs thriving by a new owner, some charcoal-dust is mingled with their food and these words spoken:—