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Thank you so much, Andrew. And yet again, another big round of applause virtually for you on all the other panellists today.

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We have about eleven minutes. I know my maths wrong.

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Six minutes for some questions. And we have. We've had some for Jenny from before.

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So we'll start with Jenny. So I have a question here from Nikki Gordon to say,

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in relation to the examples of farmers who were fearful of bringing bad luck in connexion to their land.

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Was it just related to fairy trees or ring forts or other aspects of the landscape that they thought might bring bad luck?

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Well, people were speaking to me mostly about fairies, because that that's that's what I'm researching.

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But I have had people contact me about it.

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Well, they thought they thought they had been cast within the pish oak as a like a physical a physical object.

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And also somebody who mentioned to me it wasn't really connected, directly connected to my my field research with somebody who contacted me.

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And they thought somebody had cast cast them with maybe with the evil eye, even though they didn't use the word.

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But it was kind of the kind of thing about pig piglets dying.

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So there are other other many other things connected with them with bad luck.

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But in the legends, whether they're historical legends, more about witchcraft.

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So it's I also research contemporary paganism so that there is you know, I have a specific project looking at fairy.

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The traditional fairy material. So it might also be because that's my my focus that people haven't talked about or the things.

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And then we have a follow on question, actually, from Andrew. Andrew said that he just like.

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I mean, he's asked. Have you encountered very low belief amongst Protestants in the Republic?

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Is it cross-cultural? Cross religious? I haven't done enough field research.

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Yes. To be able to comment on that. So the people I've I've interviewed so far for the documentary, which isn't our chest.

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And it's been like I did the fieldwork in Ireland for the documentary.

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And other than that, it's been people who've contacted me to talk about their experiences.

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So I haven't I haven't really done anything where I could comment on the demographics.

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But the people so far have been Catholic or not religious.

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So. And that's something I might be able to say more about in future.

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And we have a question here for Diane from Spanker.

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Tanya, the question is, how typical was it for the early modern which of either sex to claim to have had sexual

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relationships with historical or mythical characters and fathered apparently children with them?

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Really interesting question really broadly. It's much more common in Scotland than it is in England when the English have a which has suburbs.

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They tend to want to eat a lot. So they tend to have which has suburbs featuring cake and food of various kinds.

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The Scots, whether or not they have an actual suburb. There's often a personal relationship.

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But I would distinguish quite carefully between the routine answer to a routine question.

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Did you have sex with Satan?

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Yes, I definitely did have sex with Satan verses a long narrative about a much more carefully delineated figure where you get the latter.

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They're very often the dead relatives that I spoke about, sir Ellsburg three, for example,

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is cruellest say sexually abused by her dead cousin, who also inaugurates her into the realm of.

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So the sexuality forms part of some kind of magical initiation, almost.

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I'd suggest that this is the only part of witchcraft that popular culture is happy with.

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It's the only part they're interested in and supported it with features in films. Even The Wicker Man.

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God save us. And so it's almost the pot I want.

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Right. Thank you, Diane. We have two questions now for Andrew.

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So the first is from Timothy Taylor, who says if the fact that five of the witches were killed,

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Janet's significant, given the association of the NamUs as simply stands it with fairies.

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The second question is from Melissa. And it says, Do you find that the local community is eager to participate and shape the formal commemoration?

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Well, the first question I've been asked this a lot, actually.

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And and the answer, I could only, you know, look towards where the people came from, you know, on the part of Asia that they came from in Scotland.

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I would suggest that that was a fairly popular name, you know, and people, when they talk to me, you know,

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talks in advance, would say, you know, did Dunbar followers on the call jhana, you know, I was there.

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So, you know, and I think that's played an auger Fieldings play, you know?

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But they'll kind of love Triangle, a sponsored lover that many of them borrus per share does, you know.

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So I don't know if that's a very is a good question. I didn't think of it up, you know, whether it was an association with Feris and came across it.

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But I'll think about it, you know, but I just assumed that was where they were from.

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It's. And answer to the second part. Yeah, but it's when I give the you know,

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when I went to Archim talks and I gave public lectures that would come up to me afterwards and in fact somebody you know

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said that they were so annoyed that they built this big centre in the Goblin's and Ehl Miggy does not know Naomi Watts.

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She's an elaborate next step and they may put will not themselves, you know,

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and their guard that you're also I think almost their media misrepresented that zaffar was a groundswell of, you know.

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People, not one to commemorate the put a plaque up.

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You know, I think it was a lawn and couple of people a little.

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And I don't think there's much of that anymore.

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But there may be, you know. Hold answers your question, though.

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We now have time for today's session. But I think there's going to be so much more discussion on that on Monday when we start again at nine, 30.

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And hopefully you will have the link. Diane, is it the same link?

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No, it's a different link. It's a different book which will save you separate Zoome invitations.

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If anyone has sent or fills the Zoomlion Kassin derived in a form where they can use it.

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Don't hesitate to e-mail me and or re-supply it.

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Thanks, man. Well, I guess it just is down to me to say thank you to all of our speakers today.

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It's been an absolutely fascinating afternoon and brilliant questions as well in the chat.

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And we will save these questions now before we close down the Zoom's so that we can we can keep an eye out of them.

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And please do bring more questions with you on Monday and. Yes.

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Thank you. Please join me in thanking all of the speakers. Thank you all very much.

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A virtual round of applause from all of us. Thank you all very much.