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.
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 April 30, 2024, http://epu.ucc.ie/folklore/items/show/450.