Till to-morrow morning.”
When a stone was tied to the cow’s tail, and these mystic words were uttered, the animal was safe to be found in the same spot in the morning. This was believed to be as much owing to the words as to the anchor astern.
CHARM FOR A SHEEP IN ITS COT.
(Sian na Caora mu’n chrò.)
“The charm that Mary set
About a sheep cot,
Against knives, against dogs,
And against men;
Against hound, and wild-dog,
And thief;