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INTRODUCTION. XCIX
" which, he says, differed wholly in figui-e and
" shape from the common runcc. For, though he
" tells us tliat these Ram Rune?- were so called, " Eo
" quod molestias, doloj-es, ynorbosque liisce mfligcrc,
" inimicissoUti sunt magi ; yet his great friend, Arng.
" Jonas, more to our purpose, says, that — His
" etiam usi sunt ad henefaciendum,juvandum, medi-
*' candum tarn animi quam corporis morhis; atquc ad
" ipsos cacodamoncs peUeiidos ctjiigandos. I shall
" not trouble you with a draught of this spell, be-
" cause I have not yet had an opportunity of learn-
" ing whether it may not be an ordinary one, and
*' to be met with, among others of the same na-
" ture, in Paracelsus, or Cornelius Agrippa." —
Letter J^'rom Bishop Nicolson to Mr Walker ; vide
Camdens Britannia, Cumberland. Even in the
editors younger days, he can remember the cxn-
rency of certain spells, for curing sprains, burns,
or dislocations, to which popular credulity ascrilied
imfailing efficacy.* Charms, however, against spi-
» Among these may be reckoned the supposed influence of
Irish earth, in curing the poison of adders, or other venomous
reptiles. — This virtue is extended by popular credulity to the
natives, and even to the animals, of Hibernia. A gentleman,
bitten by some reptile, so as to occasion a great swelling, seri-
" which, he says, differed wholly in figui-e and
" shape from the common runcc. For, though he
" tells us tliat these Ram Rune?- were so called, " Eo
" quod molestias, doloj-es, ynorbosque liisce mfligcrc,
" inimicissoUti sunt magi ; yet his great friend, Arng.
" Jonas, more to our purpose, says, that — His
" etiam usi sunt ad henefaciendum,juvandum, medi-
*' candum tarn animi quam corporis morhis; atquc ad
" ipsos cacodamoncs peUeiidos ctjiigandos. I shall
" not trouble you with a draught of this spell, be-
" cause I have not yet had an opportunity of learn-
" ing whether it may not be an ordinary one, and
*' to be met with, among others of the same na-
" ture, in Paracelsus, or Cornelius Agrippa." —
Letter J^'rom Bishop Nicolson to Mr Walker ; vide
Camdens Britannia, Cumberland. Even in the
editors younger days, he can remember the cxn-
rency of certain spells, for curing sprains, burns,
or dislocations, to which popular credulity ascrilied
imfailing efficacy.* Charms, however, against spi-
» Among these may be reckoned the supposed influence of
Irish earth, in curing the poison of adders, or other venomous
reptiles. — This virtue is extended by popular credulity to the
natives, and even to the animals, of Hibernia. A gentleman,
bitten by some reptile, so as to occasion a great swelling, seri-
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 1 > (111) |
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| Description | Vol. I . |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.17 |
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| Description | Consisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.17-19 |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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