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FourWinds Oct 6, 2004 08:24:42
Replying to baza

There's an old Irish method of cursing someone that involves water-rolled stones.

You extinguish your fire (or theirs) and build a pile of water-rolled stones in the hearth. You then place an eggshell filled with water on the top of the pile of stones and issue a curse that the target will have no luck until the 'Fire of Stones' (as the curse is known) boils the water in the eggshell.

You then take the stones and bury them over a wide area, making the task impossible for them.

Purely my speculation here - This could have origins in burnt mounds being found by early farmers.

F FourWinds
FourWinds Oct 6, 2004 08:29:10
Replying to FourWinds

To add to the cursing value of water-rolled stones many bullauns have them in the depression. These are often known as cursing- or curing-stones. You turn the stones with the sun to perform a cure and against the sun to curse.

As with the 'Fire of Stones' above, if the curse is unjustified it will settle on the person making the curse.

H Hob
Hob Oct 9, 2004 10:31:04
Replying to FourWinds

"You then place an eggshell filled with water on the top of the pile of stones and issue a curse"

My Nana used to say it was bad luck not to crush empty eggshells, as failure to do so could result in the shells being used by witches to perform curses. But then I think she also used to say they used the shells as boats too. Big eggs or small witches.

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