Pócs Éva (szerk.): Magyar ráolvasások II.

Angol nyelvű összefoglalás /Hungarian Incantations/

716 throws it behind his/her back, saying: A wart should grow on my hand when I go and look for this morsel. /Mezőtúr, Szolnok county/ IV.

2. Wish with O-part Curing illness caused by the evil eye: Water with hot embers is poured into the oven, while they say: He should be ill when this ooal comes to life again, /Udvarhely county/ Curing toothache

: On a Friday when there is a new moon one should stand in the middle of the doorway and say the following while looking at the moon: Good day, new moon, new Friday! My tooth should hurt when I eat three kinds of meat: lizard meat, snake meat, frog meat! /Turn of the 17-18 c

./ V. TASK GIVEN TO SUPERNATURAL BEING /IMPOSSIBLE CONDITIO

N/ IN COMMAND OR PARALLEL WISH FORM/ To protect cow from bewitching: After calving the woman of the house throws poppy seeds on the place where the calf came out, saying: Nobody shall harm it unit he eats this up from here! /Kiszombor, Torontál county/ VI. AFFIRMATIVE FORMS VI. 1. Denying and/or abusing the illness Curing the illnesses of a child: Lifting the shirt of the child, his/her body is spit on, while the following is said: Dog shit

, dog shit, nothing. /Witch trial, 1733, Kolozsvár/ Curing stye: The following dialogue takes place between the patient and another person: - There's a stye on your eye. - It's not true, you are lying. /Sükösd, Pest county/