Category: Carmina Gadelica

Lady be with us on this, Thy day, Lady be with us on this, Thy night. To us and with us on this, Thy day, To us and with us on this, Thy night. It is clear to be seen of us, Since we are born into the world, That…

[to a Bride on her Handfasting] I bathe thy palmsIn showers of wine,In the lustral fire,In the five elements,In the juice of the rasps,In the milk of honey,And I place the nine pure charmsIn thy fair fond face,     The charm of form,     The charm of voice,     The…

I lie in my bedAs I would lie in the faery mound,Thine arm beneath my neck,     Thou Lady (Lord) of the Sidhe. Shining Ones shall watch meAnd I lying in slumber,And Bright Ones shall guard me     In the sleep of the mound. Pwyll shall be at my back,Llew…

[For use ONLY at the four High Holidays ~ all lights in the Covenstead are extinguished and total silence is maintained ~ the High Priest and/or his designate(s) ascend to a nearby hill and, in the dying rays of the setting sun, they kindle the new fire using these words…

[Carolers circle the house deosil, the leader wearing a horned mask] I am now come to your country,To renew to you the Hogmanay,I need not tell you of it,It was in the time of our Mothers. I ascend by the door lintel,I descend by the doorstep,I will sing my song…

Hey the Gift, ho the Gift,Hey the Gift, on the living. Sun of the dawn, Sun of the clouds,Sun of the planet, Sun of the star,     Hey the Gift, etc. Sun of the rain, Sun of the dew,Sun of the welkin, Sun of the sky,     Hey the Gift,…

[To a Bride on her Handfasting] Hey the Gift, ho the Gift,Hey the Gift on the living. The fair young Mother stood in the moonlight,It was the child Sun-King who was on her breast. The flight of the eagle, the cast of the spear,The spark is struck upon the stone.…