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Samhain fakelore: Parshell fakelore
One of the recent pieces of Samhain Fakelore is a fake folk craft called a ‘parshell cross’. On the surface of it, its another iteration of the Saint Brigids cross that people took up but it replaces our actual culture at Samhain. Samhain fakelore: the origin of the Parshell cross. The idea of a Parshell… Read more
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Samhain fakelore: the dearg due
Every year the same Samhain fakelore bobs up to the surface of the internet like something that will not flush. The idea of an Irish vampire from Waterford is one of the oldest examples of it because it comes from the early days of the internet. Samhain fakelore: the origin of the dearg due The… Read more
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Samhain fakelore – stingy jack
My least favourite piece of Samhain fakelore is the american Stingy Jack story that they use to charter pumpkin carving. A stereotype of Irishness – a drunken, superstitious coward meets the devil one night. He gambles and loses then irritates the devil so much he wont have the Irish person in hell and leaves him… Read more