CONCERNING DOGS 146
CONCERNING CATS 151
The King of the Cats 153
The Demon Cat 154
Cat Nature 156
SEANCHAN THE BARD AND THE KING OF THE CATS 159
THE BARDS 163
KING ARTHUR AND THE CAT 166
CONCERNING COWS 168
Fairy Wiles 170
THE DEAD HAND 172
THE WICKED WIDOW 173
THE BUTTER MYSTERY 175
CONCERNING BIRDS—
The Magpie 177
The Wren 177
The Raven and Water Wagtail 177
The Cuckoo and Robin Redbreast 177
CONCERNING LIVING CREATURES—
The Cricket 178
The Beetle 178
The Hare 179
The Weasel 179
THE PROPERTIES OF HERBS AND THEIR USE IN MEDICINE 181
A Love Potion 185
Love Dreams 185
To Cause Love 185
MEDICAL SUPERSTITIONS AND ANCIENT CHARMS 186
Against Sorrow 188
To Win Love 189
For the Night Fire (the Fever) 189
For a Pain in the Side 189
For the Measles 190
For the Mad Fever 190
Against Enemies 190
To Extract a Thorn 190
To Cause Hatred between Lovers 191
For Love 191
How to have Money Always 191
For the Great Worm 191
For Sore Eyes 191
For Pains in the Body 192
Against Drowning 192
In Time of Battle 192
For the Red Rash 193
To Tame a Horse 193
A very Ancient Charm against Wounds or Poisons 193
For a Sore Breast 193
For a Wound 194
For the Evil Eye 194
For St. Anthony’s Fire 194
How to go Invisible 194
For Pains 194
For a Sprain 195
To Cause Love 195
For the Bite of a Mad Dog 195
For Toothache 196
For Freckles 196
For a Burn 197
For the Memory 197
For the Falling Sickness 197
For Chin-Cough 197
For Rheumatism 198
For a Stye on the Eyelid 198
To Cure Warts 198
For a Stitch in the Side 198
For Weak Eyes 198
For Water on the Brain 199
For Hip Disease 199
For the Mumps 199
For Epilepsy 199
For Depression of Heart 200
For the Fairy Dart 200
VARIOUS SUPERSTITIONS AND CURES 200
To find Stolen Goods 207
A Prayer against the Plague 207
A Blessing 207
A Cure for Cattle 207
A Charm for Safety 208
An Elixir of Potency 208
For the Bite of a Mad Dog 208
Dreams 208
Fairy Doctors 209
Charms by Crystals 209
Alectromantia 210
Fairy Power 210
OMENS AND SUPERSTITIONS 211
That Forbode Evil 211
To Attract Bees 213
SUPERSTITIONS OF THE ISLANDS—
Concerning the Dead 213
The Coastguard’s Fate 214
Relics 214