This plant grows in soft places among heather, and has a purple flower. From the descriptions given of it, it seems to be the purple orchis or wild hyacinth. It has two roots, one larger than the other, and it is in these its magic power consists. The largest represents the man, the lesser a woman, whose affections are to be gained. The plant is to be pulled by the roots before sunrise, with the face directed to the south. Whichever root is used is to be immediately placed in spring water, taking care that no part of the sun’s surface is above the horizon. If it sinks, the person whose love is sought will prove the future husband or wife. If the charm is made for no one in particular, the root reduced to powder and put below the pillow causes dreams of the person to be married. THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF ENCHANTMENTS (_Neghinn Righ Sionnach_). The daughter of _Righ Sionnach_ was found in the hunting hill by a party of hunters, as the writer heard the story, and they took her home with them. The Chief married her, and she lived with his mother in the same house, and had three children before she was heard to utter a word. Afterwards, on the occasion of a feast being prepared, they gave her a candle to hold when she said: “On thine account candle Put in my hand to hold Standing in the smoke That was not my customary wont In my mother and father’s house.” Her mother-in-law answered: “At your leisure, my good woman, Well I knew the company, One cow with three teats, And nine people.” She replied: “That was not the custom In my father and mother’s house There was not one cow three teated Nor a company of nine in number But nine chains of pure gold Hung in the house of the King of Enchantments.”[27] By her words it was found out whose daughter she was, and whence she had come. CHAPTER III. DEATH WARNINGS.