Take earth, throw it with your right hand under your right foot and say:

I catch it under my foot, I have found it.
Lo earth has power against all creatures,
and against malice and against ungratefulness,
and against the mighty tongue of man.

And afterwards throw sand over them when they swarm and say:

Settle victorious women, sink down to earth.
You must never fly wild to the wood.
Be as mindful of my welfare
as every man is of food and home.

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