The Islandmagee Witch Trial

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ต.ค. 2024

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  • @ByrneMJames
    @ByrneMJames 37 นาทีที่ผ่านมา +1

    You’re brave to tackle the topic of our divided society. Fair play.
    On the topic of ostracised people being witches. Have you read Pearses short story the dearg daol? I wonder if the unintentional evil eye that gets the woman exiled from the community in the story represents any actual situations that Pearse came across. It could be our version of the paranoia that fuelled witch trials

    • @seantwomey-nr4qt
      @seantwomey-nr4qt  25 นาทีที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ByrneMJames unfortunately you should read the comments made by politicians protesting the plaque that's to honour the accused .
      I haven't read that but heard of Dearg Dul. This one was about the blood in the porridge. I'll have to look it up. You could be right.

    • @ByrneMJames
      @ByrneMJames 14 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      @@seantwomey-nr4qt the Dearg Daol is on the UCC Celt database. You might have a hard time with Dearg Dul it’s some random vampire yolk made up on message boards back in the day that’s proliferated around the internet.
      I wonder if Pearse might’ve expanded on the May Day trad of old women stealing luck. The modern era cailleachs were hard done by