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BIRTH AND BAPTISM 13
THE PRAYER OF BAPTISM
From Mary MacNeill, crofter
The reciter said : When the woman is bathing the child who has been
born into the world, she puts nine little wavelets of water on the pretty
little infant who has come home from the bosom of the everlasting Father.
While she is doing this, she herself and the serving-women sing the
baptismal verse.
The little wavelet for thy form,
The little wavelet for thy voice,
The little wavelet for thy sweet speech.
The little wavelet for thy means,
The little wavelet for thy generosity,
The little wavelet for thine appetite.
The little wavelet for thy wealth.
The little wavelet for thy life.
The little wavelet for thine health.
Nine waves of grace to thee,
The waves of the Physician of thy salvation.
The little palmful for thy form.
The little palmful for thy voice,
The little palmful for thy sweet speech.
The little palmful for thine eating,
The little palmful for thy taking,
The little palmful for thy vigour.

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Carmina gadelica
Description"Hymns and incantations with illustrative notes on words, rites, and customs, dying and obsolete orally collected in the Highlands and islands of Scotland and translated into English by Alexander Carmichael". Volume 3 only. (Volumes 3-4, translated and edited by James Carmichael Watson from the author’s unfinished manuscripts, published 1940-41.)
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DescriptionSelected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.
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