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There is one family in this district that has a charm against pishogues, so that they have never lost a cat.

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Cromadh (C.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0507/3/64

 Cromadh (C.) [Vol. 0507, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Limerick Schools

Story text

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Cromadh (C.)  [duchas:4920985]

There is one family in this district that has a charm against pishogues, so that they have never lost a cat.  What the charm is no one can say.  It is handed down in that family from father to son to this day and kept a close secret from everyone else.

Resource description

Origin information
Croom, Co. Limerick
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 575
Volume 0507
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bríd, Bean Mhic Eoin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Verbal arts and literature   linked data (afset)
Verbal arts--Ealaín bhéil
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Folk belief--Creidiúint choiteann
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Supernatural and legendary beings--Neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha
School location
Croom Cromadh Croom Croom Coshma Limerick
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4956224
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0507/3/64

Suggested credit
"There is one family in this district that has a charm against pishogues, so that they have never lost a cat."in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4956224>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bríd, Bean Mhic Eoin.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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