‘“I shall go into a hare,
With sorrow, and such, and mickle care;
And I shall go in the Devil’s name,
Ay, until I come home [again!].”
And instantly we start in a hare. And when we would be out of that shape, we will say:
‘“Hare! hare! God send thee care!
I am in a hare’s likeness just now,
But I shall be in a woman’s likeness even [now].”
When we would go in the likeness of a cat, we say thrice over:
‘“I shall go [intill ane cat],
[With sorrow, and such, and a black] shot!
And I shall go in the Devil’s name,
Ay, until I come home again!”
And if we [would go in a crow, then] we say thrice over:
‘“I shall go intill a crow,
With sorrow, and such, and a black [thraw!
And I shall go in the Devil’s name,]
Ay, until I come home again!”
And when we would be out of these shapes, we say:
‘“Cat, cat [or crow, crow], God send thee a black shot [or black thraw!]
I was a cat [or crow] just now,
But I shall be [in a woman’s likeness even now].
Cat, cat” [as supra].
If we go in the shape of a cat, a crow, a hare, or any other likeness, etc., to any of our neighbours’ houses, being witches, we will say: