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Curses. Didn't know how strong they'd be. Didn't know they could go that far. Superstitious, an old woman's fear, to be cursed. Old women on three-legged stools, witches on toadstools, milking dewsilky cattle, silk of the kine, they fear curses ( Read more... )

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eiremagic August 11 2008, 18:57:40 UTC
Mac Cianaoith. From Connacht, and don't worry, I have three younger brothers and none older.

And I don't...have seizures.

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thejejunejesuit August 11 2008, 19:19:43 UTC
Connacht? Really? And you're the eldest with yours too.

Didn't think you did. Not ordinarily. Not when I thought about it today.

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eiremagic August 11 2008, 19:21:43 UTC
Yes, Cruachan. But I lived in Belfast. You're...from County Dublin, I'll guess.

At least you didn't think I needed to be taken care of after yesterday's mess.

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thejejunejesuit August 11 2008, 19:28:50 UTC
Regretfully. The city itself, too, Sandycove. Or was. I wasn't going to go back, and ended here anyway.

I'd been told about the curses before already. I thought today that's what yesterday must have been.

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belovedeath August 12 2008, 01:53:10 UTC
Things become easier as time passes.

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thejejunejesuit August 12 2008, 02:17:53 UTC
I'll hope that's true.

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belovedeath August 12 2008, 02:22:21 UTC
You're family now. We'll take care of you.

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