Patricia Forde
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And on every island, there's a reason not to settle there.
Mm hmm.
So there was that bit of Irish mythology.
That bit was in it, Clare.
There you go.
You see, you're speaking my language.
It's called the fujimara.
I love it.
Go on, explain it to me.
Fujimara is a turf, like a piece of turf, a piece of grass that would lead you astray.
It was the fairies.
So people would be coming home from the pub.
Yes, people would be coming home from the pub.
We won't dwell on that.
Late at night.
And they would go into a field that they knew really well.
And no matter what they did, they couldn't find their way out of it.
And that faux jean moire was the faux jean that would drive you kind of mad.
You'd be in a spin trying to find your way out.
But it was the fairies playing tricks on them.