Hymns & Incantations
(Selected)
collected by Alexander Carmichael


Smooring the hearth 323
The Feast Day of Bride
The Genealogy of Bride 70
Kindling the fire 83
Smooring the fire 84
Charm for a bursting vein 128
Charm for the sprain 130
St. Bride's Charm 135
Womanhood of Brigit or Praises of Brigit 263
Blessing of Brigit 264
Beauteous fair one of grace 303
The Sun 316
Sleep invocation 328
Blessing of the house 339
Blessing of a house 340
Augury 539

Brig Keens for Her Son,
 from "The Second Battle of Moytura," trans. by Elizabeth A. Grey

Brigit, The Mary of the Gael -
from "A Book of Saints and Wonders," Lady Gregory, 1906
St. Bridged,
from "Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland" by Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde,1887
St. Brigid's Cloak
from "Legendary Fictions of the Celts," Patrick Kennedy, 1891
St. Brigid and the Harps
from "Legendary Fictions of the Celts," Patrick Kennedy, 1891
The Bride's Well,
from "Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland" by Lady Francesca Speranza Wilde, 1887