Holy Ghost
After invoking the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, she began to rub the girl's neck with the old irons; nor was she satisfied with that, for she rubbed the doors, the walls, and the furniture lik
After invoking the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, she began to rub the girl's neck with the old irons; nor was she satisfied with that, for she rubbed the doors, the walls, and the furniture lik (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)
Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx
- attestation: After invoking the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, she began to rub the girl's neck with the old irons; nor was she satisfied with that, for she rubbed the doors, the walls, and the furniture lik (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)
"After invoking the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, she began to rub the girl's neck with the old irons; nor was she satisfied with that, for she rubbed the doors, the walls, and the furniture likewise, with the metal."
- attribution: with the grace of the Holy Ghost; he used to contend with the druids, who said that it was they that made heaven and earth, and the sea, &c., and the sun and moon, &c/ This view of the pretensions of (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XI: Folklore Philosophy)
"with the grace of the Holy Ghost; he used to contend with the druids, who said that it was they that made heaven and earth, and the sea, &c., and the sun and moon, &c/ This view of the pretensions of the druids is corroborated by the fact that magic, especially the power of shape-shifting at will, was regarded as power par excellence \ and by the old formula of wishing one well, which ran thus: Bendacht dee ocus andee forty * the blessing of gods and not-gods upon thee!"