An Interview with Mary Russell and Noreen Murphy about Pregnancy
Description
Excerpt 1: Pregnancy made invisible by clothing (shawls)
Excerpt 2: Mary Russell talks about the practice of churching
Excerpt 3: Taboo about pregnant women going into churchyards
Excerpt 4: Belief that if a pregnant woman went into a churchyard her baby would be stillborn
Excerpt 5: Belief that if a hen flew at pregnant her baby would have feathers where the hen would have landed
Excerpt 6: Noreen Murphy explains how one would predict the sex of the baby from the shape of the pregnant woman
Excerpt 2: Mary Russell talks about the practice of churching
Excerpt 3: Taboo about pregnant women going into churchyards
Excerpt 4: Belief that if a pregnant woman went into a churchyard her baby would be stillborn
Excerpt 5: Belief that if a hen flew at pregnant her baby would have feathers where the hen would have landed
Excerpt 6: Noreen Murphy explains how one would predict the sex of the baby from the shape of the pregnant woman
Creator
Majella Ní Labhrás
Date
26/02/1988
Identifier
UCCFEA_SR00002_WAVC
Coverage
Ireland, Munster, Co. Tipperary, Carraig na Siúire
Interviewer
Majella Ní Labhrás
Interviewee
Mary Russell, Noreen Murphy
Duration
4m 22s
Collection
Citation
Majella Ní Labhrás, “An Interview with Mary Russell and Noreen Murphy about Pregnancy,” UCCFEA, accessed April 28, 2024, http://epu.ucc.ie/folklore/items/show/9.