Worry Work
The Supernatural Labours of Living and Dead Mothers in Irish Folklore
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5114188 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clodagh Tait (0000-0003-3621-1013, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 246 |
| Issue | Supplement_15 |
| Pages | 217-238 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Past & Present (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-2746 • E-ISSN: 1477-464X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pastj/gtaa042 |
| OpenAlex | W3124446789 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
There was a woman went out one time and left her child in the cradle; she was in a hurry so she forgot to put the tongs across the cradle. When she went back there was a fairy child in the cradle, and when she would look at him he would put his left leg on his right shoulder and his right leg on his left shoulder and cry for hours. He had no bones and he could twist like an eel; the poor mother was heart-scalded looking at him. One day there was a priest going around the parish and he came into this house and the woman asked him to do something with the child. The priest prayed over him for a long time and then he told her that she might get pipes and tobacco for his wake. He died that night but the mother never got her own child.1
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |