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DBuckley · 2010-11-04 00:49:14

Whats the story with this stuff seems to have been very prevalent in Ireland in the 40s 50s 60s. I have relations who still believe in this stuff and have put a lot of there miss fortune down to it. Stories of meat left in hay and meat outside doors resulting in miss carriages and other bad fortune. There seems to be no…

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DBuckley

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Whats the story with this stuff seems to have been very prevalent in Ireland in the 40s 50s 60s. I have relations who still believe in this stuff and have put a lot of there miss fortune down to it. Stories of meat left in hay and meat outside doors resulting in miss carriages and other bad fortune. There seems to be
no reference's to it one the web but seem to be very prevalent. anybody got any reference's to it or similar experiences.

Talk of Some wired stuff going on during the concercration at mass by people believed to be involved in there curses .

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There is a mythology forum which might be relevant to this.

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#3 04-11-2010 11:46am

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It is irish witchcraft for the want of a better word for it and it still goes on in parts of the country.

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