Either to take the half of it with her blessing, or the whole of it with her Malison.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson
So at last he made up his mind to take the whole of it, even if he had to bear his mother's Malison.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson
So the lad took the can, as his brother had done, and went off to the well, and it seemed as if some evil spirit directed him to follow his example in all things, for he brought home little water, and he chose the whole cake and his mother's Malison, instead of the half and her blessing, and he set out and met the shepherd, and the swineherd, and the goatherd, and they all gave the same answers to him which they had given to his brother.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson