The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #129775 Message #2917096
Posted By: VirginiaTam
30-May-10 - 05:23 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Removing Curses
Subject: RE: Folklore: Removing Curses
maybe it is a piskie... put a bowl of fresh water by the hearth every night. I had a run of 3 accidents in less than hour of each other in an old cottage in Mevagissey. I got burned on frying pan when my forearm unaccountably moved too near it as I was washing it. Then stabbed by a knife that jumped out of my hand and landed tip down in my thigh, while I was standing at counter cutting apples. Then tripped (something grabbed toe of my shoe) on last step into kitchen and bashed my knee against storage heater. I put out water (and a biscuit) that night after reading about piskies in a shop. No more accidents.
I knew a couple and their teenage daughter, who had their brand new house blessed after run of accidents on the premises. Tumbles down stairs, falls for no apparent reason in different places. Claims to feel they had been tripped, the parents both suffered broken limbs (Dad, leg and Mom, arm) inside the first month. They swear the blessing from a Native American woman worked.