There is also a belief among the gypsies that these knots are twined by the fairies, and that whoever undoes them undoes his own luck, or that of the person on whom he is thinking. (Vide Rocholz, "Alemannisches Kinderlied und Kinderspiel aus der Schweiz," p. 146). These willow-knots are much used in love-charms. To win the love of a maid, a man cuts one of them, puts it into his mouth, and says:-- "T're báçt me çáv, T're baçt me piyáv, Dáv tute m're baçt, Káná tu mánge sál." "I eat thy luck, I drink thy luck; Give me that luck of thine, Then thou shalt be mine." Then the lover, if he can, secretly hides this knot in the bed of the wished-for bride. It is worth noting that these lines are so much like English Gypsy as it was once spoken that there are still men who would, in England, understand every word of it. Somewhat allied to this is another charm. The lover takes a blade of grass in his mouth, and turning to the East and the West, says:-- "Kay o kám, avriável, Kiya mánge lele beshel! Kay o kám tel' ável, Kiya lelákri me beshav." "Where the sun goes up Shall my love be by me! Where the sun goes down There by her I'll be." Then the blade of grass is cut up into pieces and mingled with some food which the girl must eat, and if she swallow the least bit of the grass, she will be gewogen und treugesinnt--moved to love, and true-hearted. On which Dr. Wlislocki remarks on the old custom "also known to the Hindoos," by which any one wishing to deprecate the wrath of another, or to express complete subjection, takes a blade of grass in his mouth. Of which Grimm writes: "This custom may have sprung from the idea that the one conquered gave himself up like a domestic animal to the absolute power of another. And with this appears to be connected the ancient custom of holding out grass as a sign of surrender. The conquered man took the blade of grass in his mouth and then transferred it to his conqueror." If a gypsy girl be in love she finds the foot-print of her "object," digs out the earth which is within its outline and buries this under a willow-tree, saying:-- "Upro pçuv hin but pçuvá; Kás kámáv, mange th' ávlá! Bárvol, bárvol, sálciye, Brigá ná hin mánge! Yov tover, me pori, Yov kokosh, me cátrá, Ádá, ádá me kamav!" "Many earths on earth there be, Whom I love my own shall be, Grow, grow willow tree! Sorrow none unto me! He the axe, I the helve, He the cock, I the hen, This, this (be as) I will!" Another love-charm which belongs to ancient black witchcraft, and is known far and wide, is the following: When dogs are coupling (Wenn Hund und Hündin bei der Paarung zusammenhängen) the lover suddenly covers them with a cloth, if possible, one which is afterwards presented to the girl whom he seeks, while he says:-- "Me jiuklo, yoy jiukli, Yoy tover, me pori, Me kokosh, yoy cátrá, Ádá, ádá me kamáv!"