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Apr 14, 2019 55 min

Gone with the Fairies

from Everything Is Awful Forever Hosted by Philippa and Jess

Has a loved one been grumpy, sickly, and just doesn't play those Facebook games that you keep tagging them in? They may have that stomach bug that's been going around or - and hear us out, here - they may have been stolen by fairies and replaced with a bad-tempered changeling. This week, Jess and Philippa talk about the fairy faith in late 1800s Ireland, and how personal and societal pressures led to a man murdering his "changeling" wife so that he might get his real love back from the fairies who stole her. Support the show

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Gone with the Fairies

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  1. 5:45 1800s Ireland and the Celtic Twilight
  2. 12:00 Fairy beliefs
  3. 22:54 Children murdered as changelings
  4. 28:44 Bridget Cleary
  5. 38:57 Chasing out the fairy
  6. 44:46 The night of the murder

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