St Gall charm 3
prose
The third of four charms found on a fragment from St Gall. It consists of a Latin charm beg. Caput Christi, which is also attested in the Book of Nunnaminster and two later manuscripts, and an Old Irish instruction on performance. While the Caput Christi is seemingly associated with ailments of the eyes, the instruction interprets it as a charm against headache (cenn-galar).
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