Pócs Éva (szerk.): Magyar ráolvasások II.
Angol nyelvű összefoglalás /Hungarian Incantations/
718 Than he/she makes an anticlockwise circle on the patient's belly with his/her fourth finger. /Gyimesközéplok, Csík county/ VIII. AFFIRMATIVE FORMS REFERRING TO ACTION VIII. 1. Statement Protection against the evil eye: If they see a small child or animal thes spit on it as a prevention of harm while saying: I spiv on you, so that the eye cannot hurt, /Nagyberki, Somogy county/ Against sleeplessness: If the child doesn't sleep, its mother goes into nine doorways without being seen. In every doorway she breaks off a tiny bit from the door, saying: I am collecting dream for my little daughter ! /Csongrád or Torontál county/ Curing a haggard, fleshless child called "old": The child is put into a pot on top of the cold oven, in the meanwhile its mother goes around the house three times. Every time she gets to the door she asks and is answered from inside: - What are you cooking? - Old one. /Baranya county/ VIII. 2. Negation and statement /"not this - but that" structures/ Curing the bewitched cow: A fire is made in the oven. A new birch broom is held over the fire and the cow is beaten with that while saying: I am not hitting the cow, but the person who wants to take away the milk from my cow! I Vi sk , Máramaro s county/ IX. AFFIRMATIVE FORMS REFERRING TO ACTTON -t- SENDING AWAY, THREATENING /TEXTS FOR CURING STYE/ They draw their cupped fingers three times in front of the eye with the stye, as if they were harvesting while saying three times :
