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144 (3.) Charm against insects.—Take a black knife; in the evening stick it in the spot where they come, and say:

Leave the knife there till morning; then pull it out, and off they go.

When he had finished these charms, the old man took a glass of water, and bade me drink; he then took a sip himself out of the same glass, and, with a wave of the hand, quoth he—"—you may have the right to do them," he left us. Thus I appear before the Folk-Lore Society as a wizard, duly ordained by a "sacrificial feast," and (shall I say?) in right of diabolic succession.

I add one more charm.

(4.) Love Charm.—At the site of ancient Arisba, near Kalloni, the girls go to an, or lonely shrine, of St. MaryMarina [sic], on her holy day, and sing:—

"St. MaryMarina [sic], make to pine with love my darling, not that