Conway Mill Trust

Ireland’s earliest witchy wenches or Celtic Wise Women appear in biographies of saints such as the Life of St. Berach.  Witchcraft and the ‘evil eye’ were common beliefs and witchcraft trial did take place with the punishment usually being a year’s imprisonment.

The Pooka is a fairy well known for his love of devilment and playing tricks.  He is to be found in rocky places and old forts and castles.  He scares people by hoisting them onto his back and carrying them off and then abandons them in some distant part of the country.

Horses are considered lucky animals.  To let horses trample a little on newly sown fields would cause the seed to sprout well.