Excerpts from an interview with James Canty about urban folktales. For more clips from this interview click here.

Description

Excerpt 1: About Earc Luachra (lizards) the Irish equivalent of tapeworm. How they get in your body and how to get rid of them.

Excerpt 2: Legend about fairy forts; a young woman went too near and got marked for life.

Excerpt 3: Legend and belief about the use of eggs to ruin potato crops and also to save potato crops.

Excerpt 4: Legend and belief about putting small amounts of meats in people's garden to frighten them.

Excerpt 5: Narrative about a woman stealing her neighbour's cows milk.

Excerpt 6: Narrative about women collecting dew from their neighbour's farm on may eve to steal the benefit of their labour.

Excerpt 7: Narrative about a woman who changed into a hare on May eve.

Excerpt 8: Narrative about a frightening gateway which brings fear to people and mares passing near.

Date

07/04/1984

Identifier

UCCFEA_SR00039_WAVC

Citation

“Excerpts from an interview with James Canty about urban folktales. For more clips from this interview click here.,” UCCFEA, accessed December 12, 2024, http://epu.ucc.ie/folklore/items/show/450.