The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-08
CHARMS In IRELAND.
SOME OF THE REMARKABLE CURES
FOR CHRONIC AILMENTS.


Superstition is still rife in Ireland to an
almost incredible extent. 1t is almost a
religion with the lower orders; it is indeed
part Of their religion, being composed
largely of an unwavering faith in The power
of prayer to heal diseases but not in prayer
alone-here comes in the superstitious ele-
ment, which requires that prayer should
be aided by the use of some charm more OF
less absurd
1t is not very long since went to visit a
very poor woman who had been for some
time in delicate health. ! was surprised
to find her standing at table making some
oatmeal bread.
She answered my greetings by saying.
deed, thin, your honor ye find me doin
what l couldn't do this many a long day.
l didn't shtand at that table to make bread
for six months until today"
In replying / rashly concluded that in
some of her frequent visits to the dispen-
sary she had at last procured bottle from
the doctor which had done her good
She shifted disdainfully 'Ihe docthor
is it. All, the docthor never done me a
ha'porth o. good. l quit takin his medi-
cines entirely. 1t was awhile ago. / was
that bad in me hart that thought I'd do
no good at all, at all. 1t 'ud be here, it 'ud
be there within me. / never knew where
it 'ud be; but it wasn't in the right place
at all. Well, ma'am, l heerd there was an
ould woman beyant at Cruxty that had a
charrum for the like o. that, an done great
| cures. Wild the help o. God says 1, T'n
| 90 into the town on Monda' to the market
an maybe ri meet wild her there
ut was long since shtood in the market
indeed, an whin got in l was fairly bet up
wild the inward pain. Well, met the ould
woman an axed her would she do the
charrum for me. "Throth I will, acushla,'
| says she, wild heart and half; but it's
only ov Thursda' can do it; so, av ven
| come to me next Thursda' I'H be ready for
We, an wild the help o. God ye'l be cured
oh, wirra, wirraP says /, 4 couldn't go
next Thursda', for Mick has to go to the
fair at Bally-James-Duff wild the pigs, an
he'll want the cart, an if have to wait till
the Thursda' afther it's dead an buried
I'll be-
well. whin she seen the shtate was in
an how bad | looked she studied awhile.
and thin says she: Well, we'll see what we
can do, an maybe, wild the help o. God,
it'll come out right. On next Thursda' at
10 o'clock be thinkin o. me saws she BE
thinkin o. nothin but me, an I'll say the
prayer for ye, an maybe it's what it'll save
ye, as We can't come. But yell have to
come the next Thursda', for it must be
done three times Well, your honor, |
woke this mornin (this was Thursday as
wake an donny as ever, an at Il o'clock |
began to think o. the ould woman at
Cruxty.
Il bethought an bethought of her long
enough, an afther awhile, 'Biddens,' says
!, wipe that table an put the male on it an
bring in sup O. wather.' oh, mamma.
says she, you're not going to make bread,
are ye, an you not able TO shtand?' DO
what you're tould, child says |, an lave
me alone Well, wild that L got up an
whit to the table where you're honor found
me, an med the bread, an sorra a ha'porth
on me the worse. Pm thinkin the
charrum's workin, an next Thursda' I'll
go to her meself."
The following week / went to see her
again to hear how the charm progressed.
She had been to Cruxty and had seen her
old woman. All that occurred there was
that the old woman had taken both her
hands in hers and repeated a mysterious
form of words over three times
My friend did not look very much better,
as it took as long to cure you as you were
i'll before you tried it, it would be long be-
fore she could expect to be quite we'll
AS | spent that summer away from
home, some months elapsed before l saw
her again. Soon after my return in the
autumn looked in one evening to see how
the charm was progressing, found her
as usual seated by the fire on a low stool
Loo, Is
"childher'' were all out, and her only com 1
panions were some hens pecking about the
floor. Of course my first inquiry was for
her health.
Deed thin, your honor. Pm donny
enough, but Pm betther nor l was; an wild |
the help o God III be gayly in short"
Has the old woman's charm not cured |
you yet them"
rs it tn ould woman's charrum? All, /
sure that done me no goodl Pm thryin an
other wan now. Maybe it wasn't the right I
cure for me. Anyway, | wasn't gettin bet
Their, an | heerd ov a man up at BAHAMA |
grancy has grand charrum, an ye needn't /
so to him yerself nayther. for it's all done /
be names ov an egg"
IAN eggP'
Yes, your honor, an I'll tell you all /
last week, an where did he find the man
but out rapin in the field So he threw
down the rapin hook Come on says be
to Briny; come over TO the hedge there
Now. gossoon, says he, tell HE is it the
hartache your mother has? Sure, | dun ,
no. says the gossoon. Well, GIN me the
egg says the man. The hartache is the
only thing have cure for, an I'll know
1frh hot - - ha,, I
take the egg in me hand. Well, ma am,
he TUX the egg from Briny an shut his
hand on it and began 10 say the prayer
Well, your honor. if it wasn't the hart
ache had he wouldn't be able 10 say wan
word o the prayerl But it s the hartache
l have, sure enough; for he said the prayer
ali through an then he gev the egg back
to Briny, an. ssvin your presence, ma'am,
the egg ali snweated in his hand Now,
Briny,' said he, take that egg back TO your
mother an tell her TO boil it on the fire; but
nothin must come betune her an the fire
while it's boilin; an when it's boiled she
must take it of the fire an open it; then
She mast throw the first spoonful although
the house, an ait the rest ov it. Al she
must ait three eggs like that in three
weeks; an, place God, she'll be cured ov the
hartache'"
And did you follow all his directions"
"Throth l did, YOUR honor I'm sfther
attn the second egg yestherda', an think
the charrum is workin well in me. This
rnornin, when / woke first. felt terrible
bad. couldn't scarce breathe, an sat up
IN the bed to thry TO get aise. Well
ma am, when sat up. me hart gave a
CRATE lep an fell down into me ribs and
sht2yed there awhile. and then it gev an
of her len an c-0f 'r,,,,r I s,,sn ~.