‘And presentlie they becom as we ar, either cats, hearis, crowes, &c., and goe [with ws whither we wold. Quhan] we wold ryd, we tak windlestrawes, or bean stakes,[81] and put them betwixt owr foot, and say thryse: ‘“[Horse] and hattok, horse and goe, Horse and pellatis, ho! ho!” ‘And immediatlie we flie away whair [evir we wold]; and least our husbandis sould miss vs owt of owr beddis, we put in a boosom,[82] or a thrie [leggit stoole besyde thame] and say thryse ower: “I _lay_ down this boosom (or stooll) in _the Devillis_ name Let it not steir ... [Quhill I] com again!” ‘And immediatlie it seimis a voman, besyd our husbandis. ‘Ve can not turn in the lik[nes of ...] Quhen my husband sold beeff, I used to put a swellowes feather in the hyd of the beast, and [say thryse]: “[I] _putt_ out this beeff in _the Divellis_ nam, That meikle silver and good pryce com hame!” ‘I did ewin so [quhenevir I putt] furth either horse, noat,[83] vebs,[84] or any uther thing to be sold, and still put in this feather, and said the [samin wordis thryse] ower, to caws the comodities sell weill. “Our Lord to hunting he [is gone] ... marble stone, He sent vord to Saint Knitt....” Quhan we vold heall ony sor or brokin limb, we say thryse ower “He pat the blood to the blood, Till all up stood! The lith to the lith, Till all look with; Owr Ladie charmed her deirlie Sone, with hir tooth and her townge, And her ten fingeris---- In the name of _the Father_, _the Son_, and _the Halie Ghaist_!” ‘And this we say thryse ower, straiking[85] the sor, and it becomes heall. ‘2{dli} For the Bean-straw,[86] or pain in the heaunce,[87] _Wee_ ar heir thrie _Maidens_ charming for the bean-straw; y{e} man of the Midle-earth, blew beaver, land-feaver, maneris of stooris, The Lord fleigged[88] the Feind with his holy candles and yeird foot stone!--Thair she sittis, and heir she is gon!--Let hir nevir com heir again! 3{dli} For _the Feaveris_, we say thrise ower, I _forbid_ the qwaking-feavers, the sea-feaveris, the land-feaveris, and all the feaveris that ewir God ordained, owt of the head, owt of the heart, owt of the bak, owt of the sydis, owt of the kneyis, owt of the thieghes, fra the pointis of the fingeris, to the nebes[89] of the toes; owt fall the feaveris goe, [som] to the hill, som to the hap, som to the stone, som to the stok. In Saint Peiteris nam, Saint Paullis nam, and all the Saintis of Hevin: In the nam of _The Father_, _the Sone_, and _The Halie Gost_! ‘And when we took the frwit of the fishes from [the] fisheris, we went to the shore, before the boat wold com to it; and we wold say, on the shore syd, thrie seuerall tymes ower, ‘“The fisheris ar gon to the sea, And they vill bring hom fishe to me; They will bring them hom intill the boat, Bot they sall get of thaim bot the smaller sort!”