Thank you so much, Andrew. And yet again, another big round of applause virtually for you on all the other panellists today.
We have about eleven minutes. I know my maths wrong.
Six minutes for some questions. And we have. We've had some for Jenny from before.
So we'll start with Jenny. So I have a question here from Nikki Gordon to say,
in relation to the examples of farmers who were fearful of bringing bad luck in connexion to their land.
Was it just related to fairy trees or ring forts or other aspects of the landscape that they thought might bring bad luck?
Well, people were speaking to me mostly about fairies, because that that's that's what I'm researching.
But I have had people contact me about it.
Well, they thought they thought they had been cast within the pish oak as a like a physical a physical object.
And also somebody who mentioned to me it wasn't really connected, directly connected to my my field research with somebody who contacted me.
And they thought somebody had cast cast them with maybe with the evil eye, even though they didn't use the word.
But it was kind of the kind of thing about pig piglets dying.
So there are other other many other things connected with them with bad luck.
But in the legends, whether they're historical legends, more about witchcraft.
So it's I also research contemporary paganism so that there is you know, I have a specific project looking at fairy.
The traditional fairy material. So it might also be because that's my my focus that people haven't talked about or the things.
And then we have a follow on question, actually, from Andrew. Andrew said that he just like.
I mean, he's asked. Have you encountered very low belief amongst Protestants in the Republic?
Is it cross-cultural? Cross religious? I haven't done enough field research.
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.
And it's been like I did the fieldwork in Ireland for the documentary.
And other than that, it's been people who've contacted me to talk about their experiences.
So I haven't I haven't really done anything where I could comment on the demographics.
But the people so far have been Catholic or not religious.
So. And that's something I might be able to say more about in future.
And we have a question here for Diane from Spanker.
Tanya, the question is, how typical was it for the early modern which of either sex to claim to have had sexual
relationships with historical or mythical characters and fathered apparently children with them?
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.
They tend to want to eat a lot. So they tend to have which has suburbs featuring cake and food of various kinds.
The Scots, whether or not they have an actual suburb. There's often a personal relationship.
But I would distinguish quite carefully between the routine answer to a routine question.
Did you have sex with Satan?
Yes, I definitely did have sex with Satan verses a long narrative about a much more carefully delineated figure where you get the latter.
They're very often the dead relatives that I spoke about, sir Ellsburg three, for example,
is cruellest say sexually abused by her dead cousin, who also inaugurates her into the realm of.
So the sexuality forms part of some kind of magical initiation, almost.
I'd suggest that this is the only part of witchcraft that popular culture is happy with.
It's the only part they're interested in and supported it with features in films. Even The Wicker Man.
God save us. And so it's almost the pot I want.
Right. Thank you, Diane. We have two questions now for Andrew.
So the first is from Timothy Taylor, who says if the fact that five of the witches were killed,
Janet's significant, given the association of the NamUs as simply stands it with fairies.
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?
Well, the first question I've been asked this a lot, actually.
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.
I would suggest that that was a fairly popular name, you know, and people, when they talk to me, you know,
talks in advance, would say, you know, did Dunbar followers on the call jhana, you know, I was there.
So, you know, and I think that's played an auger Fieldings play, you know?
But they'll kind of love Triangle, a sponsored lover that many of them borrus per share does, you know.
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.
But I'll think about it, you know, but I just assumed that was where they were from.
It's. And answer to the second part. Yeah, but it's when I give the you know,
when I went to Archim talks and I gave public lectures that would come up to me afterwards and in fact somebody you know
said that they were so annoyed that they built this big centre in the Goblin's and Ehl Miggy does not know Naomi Watts.
She's an elaborate next step and they may put will not themselves, you know,
and their guard that you're also I think almost their media misrepresented that zaffar was a groundswell of, you know.
People, not one to commemorate the put a plaque up.
You know, I think it was a lawn and couple of people a little.
And I don't think there's much of that anymore.
But there may be, you know. Hold answers your question, though.
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.
And hopefully you will have the link. Diane, is it the same link?
No, it's a different link. It's a different book which will save you separate Zoome invitations.
If anyone has sent or fills the Zoomlion Kassin derived in a form where they can use it.
Don't hesitate to e-mail me and or re-supply it.
Thanks, man. Well, I guess it just is down to me to say thank you to all of our speakers today.
It's been an absolutely fascinating afternoon and brilliant questions as well in the chat.
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.
And please do bring more questions with you on Monday and. Yes.
Thank you. Please join me in thanking all of the speakers. Thank you all very much.
A virtual round of applause from all of us. Thank you all very much.