Dr Gillian Kenny

You must also make sure...

To avoid disturbing any reported fairy dwellings.

There are loads of stories about people being cursed with bad luck if they dig it up in any way or interfered with fairy forts.

Fairy forts are early medieval homesteads called rats ring forts.

So avoid...

They stopped it.

They stopped it.

Yeah, it happens.

Because I've heard of it, Sean's heard of it, but what is it?

People were genuinely worried about the evil eye, about the effect on people and animals.

There's a source from the 16th century, a Jesuit priest, Father Goode, and he talks about the fact that cunning folk were regularly employed to cure what he called eye-bitten livestock.

There's a few options if you get stuck by the evil eye.

In 17th century Kildare, parents used to protect their children from the evil eye by spitting in their faces.

It's not... Don't try that one at home.

And even better is the next thing, which is even more effective against the evil eye.

So all around Ireland, there are mysterious stone carvings called sheilin' a gigs.

And they are of old women or hags, kylok in the Irish tradition.

I've no other way of saying this.

Displaying their vulva.

I have to get it out.