Charm for Stolen Cattle
May nothing I own be stolen or lost
anymore than Herod could take Our Lord.
In the name of St. Helen and of Christ hanged on the cross,
so I claim these cattle will be found, that I will not allow them to be taken,
that I will keep them, that they will not be harmed,
that I will cherish them, that they will not be snatched away.
Garmund, servant of the Lord:
find the cattle and make the cattle move
and take possession of the cattle and guard the cattle
and bring the cattle back home!
See that the who took them will never have any land,
nor fields for him who snatched them,
nor house for him that hid them.
And if he obtain any of these, let it never work out for him!
Within three days I shall know of his powers,
his strength and his powers and his protections.
Like dust-dry wood that begins to crumble, he shall wear them all out,
he shall be brittle as a thistle,
he that hopes to get away with this cattle,
and hopes to drive my livestock away!