In the case of any beast being seized with distemper, this short charm might prove of use:
“Whoever has done you this deed of malice,
A brown man or white woman,
I send these Three to check them,
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.”
A more obstinate case demanded the charm for the Evil Eye, water in which stones of virtue were dipped etc.
When a newly purchased animal is brought home, its return to its former home is prevented, and its allurement to its new haunts is secured by blowing into its ear, and saying:
“A blowing into your right ear,
For your benefit and not your hurt,
Love of the land under your foot,