The drink that we recommend you for the night of Saint John is "queimada". This is a Galician drink, of unknown origin although it is attributed a Celtic origin.
It is a warm beverage, which is drunk after pronouncing a spell that protects against spells and move away evil spirits, witches and other evil beings.
It is prepared in a clay pot, where it is added a 1 liter of "orujo" (a galician hard liquor), 120 grams of sugar, lemon (peel and pieces) and a few coffee beans. After, the mixture is stirred.
Then, put on a separate ladle a bit of "orujo" and set it fire, then, slowly, pour the liquid into the clay pot to burn the mixture and stir it until the flame acquires a reddish color and the fire is putting out. It's at this time (still burning) when you must recite the spell. Later serve it.
Following, the spell in English and Galician:
English
Owls, barn
owls, toads and witches.
Demons,
goblins and devils,
spirits of
the misty vales.
Crows,
salamanders and witches,
charms of
the folk healer(ess).
Rotten
pierced canes,
home of
worms and vermin.
Wisps of
the Holy Company,
evil eye,
black witchcraft,
scent of
the dead, thunder and lightning.
Howl of the
dog, omen of death,
maws of the
satyr and foot of the rabbit.
Sinful
tongue of the bad woman
married to
an old man.
Satan and
Beelzebub's Inferno,
fire of the
burning corpses,
mutilated
bodies of the indecent ones,
farts of
the asses of doom,
bellow of
the enraged sea.
Useless
belly of the unmarried woman,
speech of
the cats in heat,
dirty turf
of the wicked born goat.
With this
bellows I will pump
the flames
of this fire
which looks
like that from Hell,
and witches
will flee,
straddling
their brooms,
going to
bathe in the beach
of the
thick sands.
Hear! Hear
the roars
of those
that cannot
stop
burning in the firewater,
becoming so
purified.
And when
this beverage
goes down
our throats,
we will get
free of the evil
of our soul
and of any charm.
Forces of
air, earth, sea and fire,
to you I
make this call:
if it's
true that you have more power
than
people,
here and
now, make the spirits
of the
friends who are outside,
take part
with us in this Queimada.
Galician
Mouchos, coruxas, sapos e bruxas;
demos, trasnos e diaños;
espíritos das neboadas veigas,
corvos, pintegas e meigas;
rabo ergueito de gato negro
e todos os feitizos das menciñeiras...
Podres cañotas furadas,
fogar de vermes e alimañas,
lume da Santa Compaña,
mal de ollo, negros meigallos;
cheiro dos mortos, tronos e raios;
fuciño de sátiro e pé de coello;
ladrar de raposo, rabiño de martuxa,
oubeo de can, pregoeiro da morte...
Pecadora lingua de mala muller
casada cun home vello;
Averno de Satán e Belcebú,
lume de cadáveres ardentes,
lumes fatuos da noite de San Silvestre,
corpos mutilados dos indecentes,
e peidos dos infernais cus...
Bruar da mar embravecida,
agoiro de naufraxios,
barriga machorra de muller ceibe,
miañar de gatos que andan á xaneira,
guedella porca de cabra mal parida
e cornos retortos de castrón...
Con este cazo
levantarei as chamas deste lume
que se asemella ao do inferno
e as meigas ficarán purificadas
de tódalas súas maldades.
Algunhas fuxirán
a cabalo das súas escobas
para iren se asulagar
no mar de Fisterra.
Ouvide! Escoitade estos ruxidos...!
Son as bruxas que están a purificarse
nestas chamas espiritosas...
E cando este gorentoso brebaxe
baixe polas nosas gorxas,
tamen todos nós quedaremos libres
dos males da nosa alma
e de todo embruxamento.
Forzas do ar, terra, mar e lume!
a vós fago esta chamada:
se é verdade que tendes máis poder
ca humana xente,
limpade de maldades a nosa terra
e facede que aquí e agora
os espiritos dos amigos ausentes
compartan con nós esta queimada.
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