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INCANTATIONS 119
THE CATKIN WOOL
I WILL pluck the catkin wool,
As plucked the Mother of Christ through her palm.
For luck, for kine, for milking.
For herds, for increase, for cattle.
Without loss of lamb, without loss of sheep,
Without loss of goat, without loss of mare,
Without loss of cow, without loss of calf.
Without loss of means, without loss of friends,
From the bosom of the God of life.
And the courses together.
THE CATKIN WOOL
Pluck will I myself the catkin wool.
The lint the lovely Bride culled through her palm.
For success, for cattle, for increase,
For pairing, for uddering, for milking,
For female calves, white bellied.
As was spoken in the prophecy.