 | Frederick Metcalfe - Comparative literature - 1880 - 570 pages
...crossings and mutterings, by an old crone to Asbjornsen.1 And from Scandinavia it passed to Scotland. " The Lord rade And the foal slade ; He lighted And...bone, And sinew to sinew, Heal in the Holy Ghost's name."3 1 Folkesagen,p. 45. ' R. Chambers, Popular Rhymes of Scotland, p. 37, edit. 1842. L But, alas... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology - America - 1892 - 704 pages
...such a tone of voice as not to be heard by the bystanders, nor even by the person operated upon : " The Lord rade, and the foal slade; he lighted, and...bone, and sinew to sinew. Heal in the Holy Ghost's name!"4 " Eily McGarvey, a Donegal wise woman, employs a green thread in her work. She measures her... | |
 | Robert Menzies Fergusson - Orkney (Scotland) - 1883 - 198 pages
...thread of black worsted, which was wound round the injured limb, the patient muttering meanwhile:— " The Lord rade And the foal slade; He lighted, And he righted. Set joint to joint, Bone to bone, Heal in the Holy Ghost's name ! " Eingworm was charmed away by the following charm, which was said... | |
 | Robert Menzies Fergusson - Orkney (Scotland) - 1883 - 196 pages
...thread of black worsted, which was wound round the injured limb, the patient muttering meanwhile : — " The Lord rade And the foal slade ; He lighted, And he righted. Set joint to joint, Bone to bone, Heal in the Holy Ghost's name ! " Ringworm was charmed away by the following charm, which was said... | |
 | John R. Tudor - Botany - 1883 - 780 pages
...been made, then tied it round the sprained limb, and whilst so doing muttered to him or herself : " The Lord rade And the foal slade ; He lighted, And he righted. Set joint to joint, Bone to bone, Heal in the Holy Ghost's name ! " Burns appear to have been supposed to be due to the malevolence of... | |
 | Robert Menzies Fergusson - 1884 - 282 pages
...thread of black worsted, which was wound round the injured limb, the patient muttering meanwhile : — " The Lord rade And the foal slade ; He lighted, And...And sinew to sinew, Heal in the Holy Ghost's name 1 "* * See also Chambers's Fireside Stories. The wrestin thread is, we believe, still employed in Orkney.... | |
 | Ellen Emma Guthrie - Scotland - 1885 - 252 pages
...in a low tone of voice, so as not to be heard by the by-standers nor by the person operated upon — "The Lord rade And the foal slade ; He lighted And He righted. Let joint to joint, Bonu to bone, And sinew to sinew, Heal in the Holy Ghost's name." FUNERAL CUSTOM.... | |
 | John Wood Warter - Great Britain - 1886 - 416 pages
...that has come down to our days, and is thus given by Mr. Kemble from Chalmers' ' Nursery Tales ' : The lord rade, And the foal slade ; He lighted And he righted ; Set joint to joint, And bone to bone, Sinew to sinew. Heal, in the Holy Ghost's Name. 'On one occasion,' said the present... | |
 | Lady Wilde - Folklore - 1887 - 404 pages
...strand of black wool is wound round and round the ankle, while the operator recites in a low voice — " The Lord rade and the foal slade, He lighted and He righted ; Set joint to joint and bone to bone, And sinew unto sinew. In the name of God and the Saints, ' Of Mary and her Son, Let... | |
 | 1892 - 782 pages
...round the sprained limb, and while the thread is being put on, the operator mutters these words : — " The Lord rade And the foal slade ; He lighted, And...And sinew to sinew, Heal in the Holy Ghost's name !" The principle underlying this spell is that of analogy— the recital of what the Lord did, with... | |
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... the lord rade, and the foal slade; he lighted, and he righted, set joint to joint, bone to bone, and sinew to sinew, heal in the holy ghost's name! 
