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Irish Folk Magic – Local Cures

Posted on March 13, 2018June 8, 2020 by Lora O'Brien

A cure of warts is to squeeze the milk out of a weed called the penny leaf. This milk is called the fairies’ milk.   Goat’s milk is a cure for sore eyes or bad feet or many other things. An ointment can be made from goats’ milk to draw boils. To cure a blast,…

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Red and White Bull

The Bull In Irish Mythology

Posted on January 18, 2018November 14, 2019 by Lora O'Brien

There is an altar in Paris, which bears the inscription “Tarvos Trigaranus”, which means ‘Bull with three cranes’ (as in, birds). Carved in relief is a tree with spreading branches, in front of which stands a bull, with two of the birds perched on it’s back, and the third on it’s head. In the Gundestrup…

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