Druid Curses - Madman's wisp

Egg of Madness  Puffball ???

The story of ancient Irish civilization; by P. W. Joyce (1907) * Archive.org

madman's wisp

>> They had the reputation of being mighty magicians, and could do many wonderful things, as our old romantic stories tell, and as the people firmly believed. They could raise a druidical or magic fog, which hid things from view, or bring on darkness in the day, like the blackest night; they could bring down showers of fire or blood, cause a snowfall even in summer, till the ground was covered half a yard deep ; and bring on storms and tempests on sea or land. They could drive a man mad by their sorcery— a power which was dreaded most of all by the people in general. For this purpose the druid prepared what was called a 'madman's wisp/ that is, a little wisp of straw or grass, into which he pronounced some foul, baleful verses ; and, watching his opportunity, he flung it into the face of the poor victim, who straightway became a madman, or, what was just as bad, an idiot — all beyond cure. <<

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Perhaps of Interest ?

From http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/colloquy.html

Notes at end .

>>2. puffball: The Sanas Chormaic gives the definition as "Bolg belce: i.e. "bél-céo" a mist cloud comes out of its mouth". It is probably some sort of fungus.<<

Here is a similar modern story of such dust.

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The Scariest Drug You Don’t Know About. “The Devil’s Breath”

The most evil drug in the world comes from Columbia in the form of a powerful psychedelic that turns its victims into zombies.

Scopolamine has become known as “Devil’s Breath” because it reportedly is being turned into a fine powder and blown into the faces of strangers, whereupon it takes away the victim’s will power and subjects him or her to abuse, robbery and worse.
The psychedelic is not used recreationally because its effects are very unpleasant.  Instead of pleasantly tripping out, the victim ends up with dry mouth, nausea, sometimes vomiting and even death.<<

http://www.wownowiknow.com/the-scariest-drug-you-dont-know-about-the-devils-breath/ 

The drug, called scopolamine, also known as ‘The Devil’s Breath,' is derived from a particular type of tree common in Colombia called the Borrachero tree.

The word "borrachero," which roughly translates to "get-you-drunk," grows wild in Bogota,Colombia.

This tree which naturally produces scopolamine is so famous in the countryside that mothers warn their children not to fall asleep below its cunningly beautiful yellow and white flowers.

"We probably should put some sort of fence up," jokes biologist Gustavo Morales at Bogota's botanical gardens to Reuters, eyeing children playing with borrachero seeds everywhere. The pollen alone is said to conjure up strange dreams.

And when extracted and made into a colorless, odorless and tasteless powder, scopolamine does more than induce strange dreams. Quickly dissolved in liquids, criminals slip the powder into drinks or sprinkle it on food. Reuters states that victims become so docile that they have been known to help thieves rob their homes and empty their bank accounts. Women have been drugged repeatedly over days and gang-raped or rented out as prostitutes.

It was stories like these that initially made VICE News Correspondent Ryan Duffy pretty excited to travel to Bogota, Colombia.

"I had only a vague understanding of [scopolamine], but the idea of a substance that renders a person incapable of exercising free-will seemed liked a recipe for hilarity and the YouTube hall of fame," Duffy writes.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/324779

Read more:
 http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/324779#ixzz3lbTCc81V

Also see:

http://hoodoo-vodou-druido-grove.blogspot.com/2014/04/druid-magick-or-conjure-ar-ndraiocht.html

http://hoodoo-vodou-druido-grove.blogspot.com/2014/04/aegis-druids-crain-bag-or-goat-skin.html



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