tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post1378289929163732332..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: P is for PishogueWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-83719133178234659182012-04-20T20:40:44.718-02:302012-04-20T20:40:44.718-02:30Yes, Ramana often desperate times will have this f...Yes, Ramana often desperate times will have this faith healing, etc. around.<br />I classify it all (including religions) under the category of "woo".<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-1281818129632396452012-04-20T12:01:51.720-02:302012-04-20T12:01:51.720-02:30The Irish and the Indians have a lot in common. E...The Irish and the Indians have a lot in common. Even today, a vast majority of Indians believe in black magic, sorcery, casting of evil spells and incantations and a flourishing business of remedies by so called magicians exists in all parts of the country.<br /><br />Personally, I think that it is a whole lot of hog wash, but it is something like a placebo I suppose.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-58207210786703159712012-04-20T02:37:22.570-02:302012-04-20T02:37:22.570-02:30GM:
Ah, far more civilized and ladylike!
XO
WWW
PS...GM:<br />Ah, far more civilized and ladylike!<br />XO<br />WWW<br />PS and for the benefit of non-Irish, camogie is the Irish national game of hurling for girls and it is BRUTAL.Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-82015473347755569922012-04-19T17:15:22.510-02:302012-04-19T17:15:22.510-02:30WWW,the granny above was paternal and from the wil...WWW,the granny above was paternal and from the wilds of Clare. The one I mentioned in reply to your comment on my blog today was from Dublin and she played in the first ever Camogie Game in 1904.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-87267352945933375592012-04-19T16:43:16.029-02:302012-04-19T16:43:16.029-02:30T:
Hard to say T, I found very little on it on lin...T:<br />Hard to say T, I found very little on it on line apart from the meanings mentioned. A derivative website would be interesting, wouldn't it?<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-79495899401315377742012-04-19T15:26:29.621-02:302012-04-19T15:26:29.621-02:30Hmmm - that's another new one to me, WWW.
Is ...Hmmm - that's another new one to me, WWW.<br /><br />Is it my memory playing tricks, or did some young ladies in those very English novels of the 19th century sometimes exclaim "Pish!" about something they thought was rubbish? If so it might have been derived from your word - if superstitions were considered rubbish by some.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-68667149827673971192012-04-19T12:19:32.833-02:302012-04-19T12:19:32.833-02:30GM:
They must have been separated at birth!!!
Wha...GM:<br />They must have been separated at birth!!!<br /><br />What imprinting for small children!!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-4004186021030877682012-04-19T12:18:44.803-02:302012-04-19T12:18:44.803-02:30Nick:
I think a lot of it was psychological brain ...Nick:<br />I think a lot of it was psychological brain washing. Much like religion itself.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-10740811901085190712012-04-19T12:17:54.663-02:302012-04-19T12:17:54.663-02:30Irene:
A form of Irish voodooism, and there were m...Irene:<br />A form of Irish voodooism, and there were many forms of it.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-13567524069003763972012-04-19T12:17:02.151-02:302012-04-19T12:17:02.151-02:30Friko:
Pish-og (hard g).
and so so happy about th...Friko:<br />Pish-og (hard g).<br /><br />and so so happy about the dog, boots and trunks have different meanings to me: enclosed space.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-25270150757472122622012-04-19T07:13:43.970-02:302012-04-19T07:13:43.970-02:30Are we related? Our grannies must have been at the...Are we related? Our grannies must have been at the same school, mine was fond of splashing the holy water and waving the rosary beads casting spells and talk of pishogues.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-89676470394029224952012-04-19T06:14:37.209-02:302012-04-19T06:14:37.209-02:30I don't believe in black magic and sorcery as ...I don't believe in black magic and sorcery as I've never seen any evidence of it, but it seems many people do believe in it. Though who needs black magic when then are plenty of wicked things going on without it?nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-73012708558093119052012-04-18T20:17:42.188-02:302012-04-18T20:17:42.188-02:30Yhat is one of those words of a practice that shou...Yhat is one of those words of a practice that should be lost to time. It's those kinds of superstitions that kept people backward and ignorant. The church made use of them too with their holy water and prayers to ward off evil. It's best all forgot.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-28200535429639339532012-04-18T19:20:32.746-02:302012-04-18T19:20:32.746-02:30Casting spells that need to be exorcised with holy...Casting spells that need to be exorcised with holy water and other spells. Lovely. <br /><br />I have no idea how the word could be pronounced.<br /><br /><br />PS: The dog goes in the boot, but it's a hatchback boot, he has plenty of room, windows on three sides and can poke his head over the backseats on the fourth. I can't think of another word for it but boot. Nice of you to worry.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.com