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[Deleted User] · 2013-08-14 21:28:24

One of my grannies who was a real country woman who spent all her life on a small farm totally believed in fairies and banshees and so on, One of the other things she use to tell us was to watch our for men who throw something over women to seduce them, some sort magic charm It was an Irish word but I cant remember what it…

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One of my grannies who was a real country woman who spent all her life on a small farm totally believed in fairies and banshees and so on, One of the other things she use to tell us was to watch our for men who throw something over women to seduce them, some sort magic charm It was an Irish word but I cant remember what it was anyone know? She totally believed all sort of myths and was convinced that we shared the world with the little people.

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Guinness?

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#3 15-08-2013 12:10AM

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Found this:

"In several well-known love stories of Irish legend, women invite attractive men to elope and if refused, put them under a spell or geis to obey them."

From here:
http://www.scoilnet.ie/womeninhistory/content/unit1/female.html

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