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Medieval Irish Folklore (Live)
You're Dead to Me
The Stymies!
In medieval Ireland, butter witches were beings who transformed into hairs to steal milk from cows. To drive away a butter witch, Sean, what you have to do is burn the thatch from a suspected Butter Witch's house. You also drive the cattle through the ashes or smoke of bonfires on May Eve and shoot some hairs at them. In medieval Irish law, you could divorce your husband if he could not perform in the bedroom. So I think... The stymies! Should we just stop there? Yeah, just... It's er... It's a shorn, er... Thoughts? Sounds good. Just spitting in children's faces and pointing genitals at exits. Erm... Okay
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