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, And dislike to the land you left, Your fastening in my hand, And an iron lock is on thee, etc.” When a cow loses its milk, as is sometimes the case, whatever be the cause (perhaps the eating of a noxious weed), it is necessary to procure the pearlwort and two other plants known to people of skill, to bring back the milk. The following words are to be said when pulling the plants: “I will pull the pearlwort, The plant that Fionn had; The son of the angels came, When it was bending above it; Bridget came home to thee With thy curds and thy butter; Smooth Mary that hoarded it Under her nine round locks, A plant of milk it is, a plant of fat, And a plant of pairing; A plant of happiness and joy Wherever it is. I will pull the joyful clump, Sitting by the top of an eminence, I would give it to no man, Without more than my blessing. I will pull the loving charity, ’Tis a loving delicacy, (?) It is a crowding together, (?) It is a good object of travel and journey, And God asked it as one And pulled it as two; It will give happiness and joy Wherever it is. I will pull the milk-producing plant, As smooth St. Mary pulled it, For produce, for fruit, For pairing, For milking plentifully, for thick cream; The benefit of your herd may you have, Each for his eye, or malice, or envy, May his eye be in the bush of whins And the bush be on fire.” CHARM AGAINST DANGER (_Sian_).