Eerie Éire - Revealing the Paranormal Legends of Galway, Ireland

0:00 But we're not here for scenery and songs about pretty girls. We're here for some creepy shit. If you ruin Ireland for me Cassie, I won't ever forgive you. I don't think- There will be nowhere for you to hide. Just Galway. Not all of Ireland. So fun. Oh my god. No. Hi, Caitlyn. Hi, Cassie. Hi, creepy people. Hello. If you're new to our creepy corner of the world, this is PNW Haunts and Homicides, where we chat about true crime, the paranormal.

0:45 And anything spooky in the Pacific Northwest, usually, usually. We also do a tarot reading at the end of every episode for a little bit of deeper insight into the episode topic. So make sure to stick around if you're into that, which you will be by the time we get to it. Are you into it? Because I'm into it. And into it. That's my prediction. So I know Caitlyn just took us all out of the country to the end of the world.

1:30 But in honor of St. Patrick's Day. I thought it would be fun to take a little visit, a little journey to Ireland. Yeah. A motherland. I'm so excited. And wouldn't you know it? One of Seattle Washington's sister cities since March 12, 1986 is Galway. Yeah. It's like, yeah. According to irishtourism.com, quote, "Galway is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland.

2:11 Galway City also has a reputation amongst Irish cities for being associated with the Irish language, music, song, and dancing traditions. It is sometimes referred to as the bilingual capital of Ireland. Oh, interesting. The city's name comes from the Gaillimh River, which means Stony as a Stony River, not Stony Baloney. I was literally just about to ask. I was like, listen, I was told to wear green. So I really went hard. I'm lit up in green. And then also, I didn't even bring a wine glass.

2:51 I just, I brought my green cup and I know you're not going to be able to read it. It says, excuse me. I have to go make a scene. Perfect. Cheers! Chas! Okay, I'm going to send Caitlyn a link and I want you to open it. And just look through the photos of, like, the seasons I was literally in tears. This place is so fucking gorgeous. Yeah. Oh, my God. Other than Seattle, I feel as though Ireland is like the one other place outside of Oregon that I'm like supposed to be there.

3:34 Yeah. The weather's like very similar to here. Yes. It's so pretty. A lot of Ireland. We're going to go. It's gorgeous. Pod trip. Okay. Pod trip. Expensive. Yeah. Join our Patreon. Yeah, please. Also, if the city sounds familiar to you, it might be because of two bangers by the name of Galway Girl. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. The first being released in 2000, but topping the charts eight years later after being on the soundtrack of one of my favorite movies to cry to.

4:15 P.S. I Love You. Do you know that one? I'm not sure that I'm conjuring like a very clear memory of what this movie is. I'm going to all look. Hold on. It hits a fucking nerve. Like the lady's husband dies and he like leaves her at this letter of things to do to like remember. That's what I thought. Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. It just makes me ball Even like I rewatched just the scene where he's singing it to her and I just fucking balled my eyes out last night. It's fine. But on a happier note in 2017, Ed Sheeran "Ed Sheeraned" and came out with a new catchy popped up version.

4:59 Ed Sheeran "Ed Sheeraned". He "Ed Sheeraned" All over the place. But we're not here for scenery and songs about pretty girls. We're here for some creepy shit. If you ruin Ireland for me, Cassie, I will never forgive you. I don't think- There will be nowhere for you to hide. Just Galway, not all of Ireland. So far. Oh, my God. No. So all it took was one visit to visitgalway.ie, which is a website. To learn that Galway is just as creepy as its Washington sister. Well, that makes sense.

5:39 The site has several paranormal stories listed and we're going to go through some of them. Great. Because there was too many to fit into one episode and I think I'm going to make a Patreon bonus out of the rest. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. That's a lot. There was a lot. All right. So let us start off a little light so we don't torture Caitlyn too much. With some fairies. Is that okay? I feel like you're lying and I was literally about to ask you when do the fairies come in? Because fairies are very prominent in the Galway culture.

6:24 I'm giving you understand. Around 1846, there was a fairy battle at Knockma Hill, which we tried to look up the pronunciation for it. And there wasn't one. So we're going with Knockma. It's spelled like you would knock on something and then M.A. Yeah. Knockma. Knockma. The battle was thought to have been between the fairies of Connacht and those of Ulster. And they think it was a rebellion against the fairy king. This one had a pronunciation with it. Finvarra (Finnbheara).

7:04 Oh. It's weird because it has a V in it, but it looks like it's pronounced like a B. Oh, I came across that name and I was like, who's this? He was the ruler of the Connacht fairies. He resided on Knockma Hill. Finvarra was apparently generous and wise. But he kind of also like to abduct and force women to become his wives. As long as they were beautiful, he wasn't really picky, he would take human or fae. Okay. Great. Because so, you know, I'm safe.

7:44 Well, first of all, you better watch out. I'm going to hug this whole situation right up. Okay. Also super gross. And I know we all realize that of course every woman's worth is just determined by her looks. But yeah, I hate that. Yeah. So he wasn't that great. No. Yeah. Thank you. So Knockma Hill is thought to be a fairy fortress as well as a portal to the otherworld, which is like the fairy realm, I think. Oh.

8:24 Yeah. I didn't read too much into it, but from what I've heard, that's what it sounds like. Okay. Where humans feel a presence, kind of like they're being watched, I assume. They see strange lights hear music and voices or even run into Finvarra himself. So watch out. I. Okay. Yeah. If you could just point to where that is on the map and I will just play in my trip everywhere, but there. But if you do go make sure to hug it up, but whatever you do, do not disturb the fairy cairns and or fairy forts, their circular stone enclosures.

9:08 Or you will more than likely piss off some fairies. And that's never a good idea. Like ever. Don't do that. Okay. But it could potentially be good luck for you if you respect and honor the fairies while you're there. I just feel like it seems too risky and maybe I would just avoid it altogether. You know, I'd still do it. Of course you would. They're fairies. Oh my god. That's that just really sums us up. That's us in a nutshell. Yeah. Well, should we move on to some cryptids? Sure.

9:48 They're not ghosts. I mean, yeah, that's true. There are several lake monsters just in Galway alone. The creature of the black lake was caught by some fisherman in 1962. The creature was the size of a cow with stumpy legs, small ears, and a nose on its horn. And I said that backwards. And a horn on its nose. So is it like a rhino/hippo? A rhinippo?

10:29 Rhinotamus? Hiphopanonymous? Okay. If anyone gets the Hiphopanonymous joke, hit me up. All right. Okay. Moving on from the Hiphopanonymous. The Coole lake creature who has been spotted by locals since 1896 is described to be 15 feet long, fish like with scales and a long neck and a horse like head. What? I feel like we've heard before. Okay. The creature at LOUGH AUNA has been spotted since the 1960s and is described almost the same way.

11:10 It was 15 to 18 feet long, kind of an eel-like body with scales and a horse like head again. Oh, well. What's going on here? Are they migrating? We don't know. I mean, that's some inner species, shenanigans. This one, though, has the added details of flippers, large eyes, and large nostrils, which rude. Like, don't call someone's nostrils large. Yeah. Leave the nostrils out of this. I feel like a horse like head kind of implies that they have a big nose. Okay. Don't rub it in. I, yeah. I feel like at a certain point, like, are you just adding insult to injury?

11:51 Come on. For real. Yeah. I wrote all the better to snort you with my dear. Because it said to snort loudly. The descriptions are actually very similar to the Irish legend of the Dobhar-chú, meaning "water hound" or "hound of the deep," which I kind of like that. It sounds like Adele song. It does. I literally just going to say, like, Adele's puppy or... That's funny. We were both thinking the same thing. Of course. So, this is a cross between an otter and a dog, but also sometimes an otter-like creature with a horse like head.

12:37 So, kind of varies, I guess, it depends on who you are, how you describe things. Okay. It's so bizarre. These are apparently very aggressive, and they prey on humans and other animals. And apparently, a dying Dobhar-chú will whistle loudly to signal its mate to come and get some revenge. So, like, if it's attacking you, you can't really even try to kill it, because the mate will come and get its revenge. Watch it. But, like, there's more of them. Right. Okay. Thought this was sort of a lone biology mix-up in the wild, and now you're telling me there's more.

13:26 Yeah, this is making me think of like all of our water cryptids here. Like, they're all kind of described the same way. Yeah. It's interesting. Is it interesting or is it perhaps terrifying? Because they're aggressive towards humans. It could be both. Two things can be true. Thrilling. When it's interesting and terrifying, it's thrilling. Oh, right. I like that. Next up is the LOATHSOME CREATURE AT LOUGH FADDA. This predator has been spotted since the 1950s, described as having smooth skin, a shark-like head, and of course, containing a mouthful of sharp teeth.

14:15 I mean, yeah. It's got a shark-like head, so, like, wouldn't be complete without the teeth. I was prepared to assume, but it has also been described as a long eel-like body and a what-kids. That's right. A horse-like head. Oh. Yeah, I feel like I should have gotten that one, but I'm really disturbed about the... Yeah. Something about eels. I'm just... I can't. I love eels. They're so cute. Okay. We... I love them. For people that are so alike, we are just also so very different. But it's interesting, like, a horse-like head is completely different than a shark-like head, so which...

15:00 Yeah. Please tell me which one. Yeah. We need answers, dammit. Ireland. Call us. Yeah. These do. They call it loathsome because they say it's aggressive and dangerous. And it could possibly be the manifestation of an ancient curse. Dumb it. Great. Yeah. But others believe it to be shy and harmless and possibly a guardian of the lake, so maybe... Maybe to the people who are being naughty to the lake, it shows up as a shark and is aggressive. I mean, yeah. I mean, that could kind of make sense.

15:40 I don't know. That does make sense. We solved the case. Yeah. There are several other lake creatures specifically called eels. No. I'm not into it. We have the giant eel of LOUGH GRANEY, the large eel at BALLYNAHINCH Lake, and the horned eel at Locke. We're going to guess on the pronunciation of this one because we couldn't find it, but I will spell it for you. Yeah. NAHIOON. So I'm going to guess NAHIOON. NAHIOON.

16:20 NAHIOON. NAHIOON. I'm so sorry if it's wrong. Please, someone from Ireland call me immediately. Yeah. And this last one, the horned eel, is the only one of them described with two horns on its head. So not only is it creepy, Caitlyn thinks it's creepy, an eel, but it has horns on its head as well. I just don't understand why we are allowing these eels to just what they get to pick their own accessories. Well, some people think it might be due to radiation or pollution. Oh, great. So then actually that kind of makes us this whole.

17:03 But I mean, how many really knows for sure? Next, we're going to talk about one that made me think of a story I talked about recently. This is the “bear faced" man at Woodlawn train station. And it kind of sounds like the very rudely named "dog face" boy of Ashland, which we don't agree with. And we renamed him Johnny. We're not fans. We don't like that. No, thank you. No, thank you. That was the Lithia Park episode. So if you haven't listened yet, it's the one where we brought back Shakespeare again. And then popularizing Shakespeare since 2024.

17:45 Two people claim to have seen a man with a quote, “Bear like face." I don't care for that. This is in the late 19th to early 20th century time frame. They witnessed him groaning and holding his stomach. And when he saw them looking, he apparently said, "Don't speak to me." And walked away. "Okay, bye." So he was just speaking normal, but they were apparently shocked and scared by what they saw. But my theory is that maybe this man had the same condition as Johnny - Hypertrichosis, where you grow hair on other parts of your body, other than your head.

18:33 And this person was clearly in pain for whatever reason. And probably didn't want two people staring at him, like, scared, with scared looks on their faces, you know? Yeah. So he just left and said, "Don't talk to me." Like, that doesn't seem paranormal to me at all. No. No, not at all. That seems like I'm unwell. Please get the fuck out of my face. I... That could be me on any given day. So if you think that's paranormal. Right. And especially if you're probably used to people looking at you like that, you're probably annoyed. Yeah, no kidding. I just hope you ate, you know, probably ate some bad cheese or milk or something and had like a tummy ache.

19:17 I hope it wasn't anything super serious. I hope it was okay. Yeah. Like, take a picture. It'll less longer. Yeah. And I would assume if he had like a full bear head, like if it was actually bear, like, a bear shape and like with ears and stuff, like they would have said a full ass bear head. Yeah. But they said "bear like" and the other one said dog like so it just makes me think. But just had a hairy face. Yeah. Or it's just like a dig at his appearance, you know? Yeah. It just sad. So next we're going to talk about a little SHC. Do you know what that stands for?

19:58 I don't know. Spontaneous human combustion. Oh, god damn it. I even warned you this was coming. I know, but you misled me. I was trying to think of like something Sinéad and Connacht. Sinéad? Sinéad helps Connacht. Yeah. Handles? Oh, I can't do better. Yeah, she does. Not Humps. Humps. Humps. Sinéad Humps. Connacht. No disrespect. Love both of you. According to the National Library of Medicine, quote, the term spontaneous human combustion refers to a situation when a human body is found with significant portions of the middle parts of the body reduced to ashes, much less damaged to the head and extremities, and minimal damage to the direct surroundings of the body.

20:56 Typically no observable source of ignition is found in the vicinity of the victim, and a bad smelling oily substance is noted. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I wonder what that could be. I don't know when they hate it. I'll tell you, people were once completely baffled by this, as was I before I read this, to be honest with you. I was kind of, I kind of missed the mystery of it now, but I'll explain it for you. Okay. Cool. And there were all kinds of theories from paranormal to the Lord shall smite thee.

21:36 Oh, well. People literally thought. People were being smited. You know, the Lord be smitin' in mysterious ways. Be smitin'. But the website does go on to explain that they've done studies to show how this happens and it's not so spontaneous after all. There is a fire source, but it happens so precisely igniting body fat in a slow, insulated burn. Okay. Okay. Quote, the term spontaneous human combustion has nuances, which are not applicable in this situation or to these modern times.

22:25 Therefore we suggest a new term, fat wick burns. Sir. Sir. So spontaneous human combustion is now called fat wick burn. Okay. Well, that is offensive and also no, just no. I was really going to try hard to hone in on like a different aspect and make it about like, oh, it's not spontaneous anymore. So is it perhaps premeditated human combustion? And I guess we're going to go a different way. So great. Cool.

23:06 The situation is sad and unfortunate, but one thing that is a little relieving if there is one thing is that it does say for the body fat to start melting and ignite, the victim does already have to have been passed. So at least they're not burning alive. So how they explain it is that an ember or like if you're talking a cigarette or something, it'll like fall and it'll burn a hole through the clothes and then it'll start to like burn through the skin and then like ignite the fat underneath and then it just kind of starts to burn inside the body like insulated almost.

23:50 Oh my God. Isn't that great? It's it's so crazy still like it's not any less weird. Ah. Well, in 2010 this actually happened to a 76 year old Galway man named Michael Faherty. Although it was officially ruled spontaneous human combustion, obviously with what we know now, it most likely was the fat WIC burn. No, it's never going to be that. I'm never calling it that. No, FWB. No, no. He was found next to a fireplace, but when they investigated they found no evidence of it being the cause of Faherty's death.

24:31 But he probably passed away, you know, maybe of natural causes while he was laying there. In an ember probably floated down from the fire, again burning a little hole through the clothes and then through the skin and then igniting the fat. No. No. Yeah, but it's still crazy that like none of the surroundings catch on fire because like the floor below and the ceiling above him were damaged, but then like nothing else. So it is kind of weird that it doesn't like keep catching things on fire. It's just kind of like smolders and it's own. Oh God. Yeah.

25:11 I didn't want to finish that. I don't want you to either. What's nervous laughter everyone nervous. I've never liked anything less than this I think. Yeah, but it's just one of those things where like the conditions have to be just right, which is why it's like super uncommon. It's like a Goldilocks phenomenon. Like yeah, I guess I really hate that. I hate it. I hate it so much. Yeah. There's a couple other theories too, but I think I don't think they've ever like been proven or but I didn't dig into those. You can research them on your own if you'd like.

25:55 I don't think that I will. It's not smiting. I'll tell you what it's not. It's not smiting. Are you sure? Because like I said, the Lord be smitin' and in mysterious ways. Okay. Smite you. Smite you over there. I want that on a t-shirt. I just got a shirt that said Satan loves you for who you are. Oh. I really like that. He won't smite you. I just think it's like really rude to say that it's due to smiting because like, oh yeah, your loved one died in this horrific way. They were probably a terrible person and God prob sauce hated them. Yeah, this is God just wanted them dead.

26:37 Like, like, yikes. What? That's so fucked up. Anyway, let's move on. Yeah. Yeah, let's. Okay, know what you're all thinking. Where are the goddamn ghosts, woman? Uh, no. I'm good. I'm going to ignore you. I'm fine. I have some ghosts for you though. Who do you want to hear about them? Totally. Okay, raise your hand if you like pirates. Unless you're driving or pouring hot locks then don't. Raise your hand. Like the “arg". Yeah. I don't know. Like I'm open to it, but I don't know.

27:21 Well, at DUNANORE castle, you might, I love how you say everything will take a question. Like, I'm from burgundy. I'm trying to pronounce things. I'm giving it my all. But at this castle, you might just catch a ghost ship anchored off the coast with ghost pirates smuggling their booty into the castle ruins. Okay. This muggle in that booty. Yeah, this kind of takes me back to like the prohibition crimes. Yeah, it's kind of like that. Okay. All right. I'm with you. So that's pretty fun. But we're going to keep going. Talk about some different places.

28:03 Castle Daly was a popin' place. Was it popin'? It was popin'. It was the daily family. They like to host what sounded to me very Gatsby-esque. Right. Just thinking is it like Gatsby? That's what I picture anyway. Love it. Their last big blowout was an engagement party for their daughter. Oh, no. There happened to be a pretty bad storm that night. So the guest stayed over, which is fine. I mean, they had the space. Okay. But as the "thunder rolled and the lightning striked” and- Garth Brooks appeared.

28:44 Garth Brooks appeared. The ghost of Garth. Garth. The ghost of Garth Brooks appeared and smote them all. Listen, Garth Brooks be smitin' in mysterious ways. Anyway, the guests were trying to settle in, but they kept hearing commotion downstairs as if the party was still going on without them. And then they got FOMO. Oh my gosh, you're a freaking witch. My next line says, but when they went down to cure their FOMO, they walked into a real "red wedding" situation.

29:25 No. The daily family and all of their houseworkers had been brutally murdered by a quote group of rebels. Oh, I think there was like a war or something going on at this time. I didn't dig into it. Okay. I was like, God damn, what are they rebelling against? I don't know. It was too much to dig into that. But the article did say the rebels stormed the castle during the storm. Oh my god. Wow. Okay. But it is said that the party at the castle still continues from the other side. Those dancing to music can be seen.

30:08 Clinking of glasses and laughter and good cheer can be heard. But beware, the party sounds might just turn into screams. No, no, thank you. That would be terrible. Yeah. That's so far. Don't kill people while they're partying. It's just not nice. It's really rude. Also, it's not just like a party. I know it's engagement party. You know, it's so mean. So this is fine. I love this episode and everything in it. I hate this is fine. Well, we can move on.

30:49 We're done with wedding stuff for right now. Well, that makes one of us. We're going to move on to the knocking girl of RATHPEAK House or RATHPEAK. I'm not sure. We're having a lot of trouble finding pronunciations for these. The mansion was built in the 1800s by a man named Owen Lynch. And this man apparently loved him a duel. He was like, do you want a duel? Do you want a duel? Do you want a duel? Let's duel right now, right here. Literally. But it just feels like a lot. You know, it was a lot of dueling.

31:30 People even called him "the frightening (I meant to say fighting) squire" or "the terror of Connaught." I mean, yeah, it sounds like that was fitting. But I challenge you to it. How about I challenge you to like, I don't know, like a cheeto eating contest. That's really more my speed. Depends. Are they hot cheetos? Because that might be a little challenging. You know they're not. Okay. I'm not talking to. I would die. Yeah. We could have a cheeto duel. Let's do it. Yeah, just a regular cheeto duel. Okay. We are the terror of cheetos.

32:12 [laughs] Before the house was torn down in the late 20th century, it was haunted by one of the daughters or granddaughters of Owen Lynch, of which there were many. These people popped out babies like nobody's business. Yeah. I mean, it's kind of, listen, if you're Irish Catholic, it's like kind of their thing. But no one really knows who she is or how she died. While the house was occupied by the lynches and their houseworkers, they would witness the apparition of a little girl peering out of a top floor window, looking sad.

32:56 No, thank you. Just sad, so cruel. And I'm out. Or she would knock loudly on the walls and doors like she was trying to get attention or possibly ask for help. Okay. Help me. No. Sad. [laughs] I was trying to be delicate and get my feet up in this chair quietly and not cause a stir. But I made you jump. Just me over here with my green cup causing a scene after Cassie harrasses me. Sorry. We're moving on.

33:37 No more little girls. Great. We're just going to move on to the phantom of a sad old man. Okay. This is the sad old man of Maam or Maam. It's M-A-A-M cross. Okay. So, he will stand in a sharp bend in the middle of an old dirt crossroads on dark and foggy nights. That's not where you want to be. And when cars inevitably hit him, he doesn't move. Instead, he just stands there, staring back at you with sorrowful eyes.

34:18 Okay. Why is everyone so sad? I don't know, but I feel like at that point, I would just be like, all right, well, I have to go drive this car into the ocean. Goodbye. No. I can't with that. I just, I won't. I also, I will not. Yeah. It's like the white- it's like the white ladies who just like jump out in front of cars or appear in front of the cars. God, why do old people jump out of front of cars? Don't worry. I know. No. Some people think he's sad though because maybe he passed during the great famine of the 1840s.

35:04 I mean, that'll do it. Yeah. Going some food. Yeah. Leave him an offering of some Cheetos. Cheetos are just like literally anything, but I mean Cheetos are always a- It's a strong selection. I want to go find this. Crossroads and leave him, leave him a little offering of food and see if I can. See if it helps. I guess people have gone there before to try to get him to cross over, but it doesn't work. Oh, that's sad. The walking dog ghost. A cyclist came across a black dog walking ahead of him in the Ballygar area in 1913.

35:47 As he wrote up on it, the dog disappeared right in front of his eyes. Okay. And he was so distraught that he reported it to newspaper. Oh, all right. That seems like a weird thing to write into a newspaper about, but live your life. Right? Like, hey, I saw this dog and it just disappeared. I saw a dog story. Go. And then I didn't. Like what? Did you blink? And it just ran away. Maybe it's real fast. Not newsworthy. But there have been several other sightings of the dog in the area.

36:30 People report the dog to be large and shaggy with glowing eyes. Great. Aww. He's seemingly harmless. Okay. He's glowing with love for his owner. Possibly. Or like glow in the dark, like radioactive or evil type of glowing. It just says glowing. Doesn't say they're like red. So that's good. But they do say he's seemingly harmless. He might follow people for a while before disappearing. And people think he might be the spirit of a loyal pet that was buried in the area.

37:11 But he could also be the black dog of death or the fairy hound. Oh no. Bring him back, fairies. No. No, thank you. So that's cool too. I didn't see anything saying the dog was mean or anything bad happened when people saw him. Okay. I don't know why people think he's like a death dog or a fairy hound. I don't know. Yeah. Why suddenly I don't trust dogs and weddings or engagement parties or for fairies. None of it. I mean cheetos. That makes sense. And listen, you'll never break my trust in cheetos.

37:51 That's ridiculous. But Garth Brooks, I'd brew into a lot today. Ireland. Water. Just go away. Just go away. Okay. Are you ready for our last story? I mean, please. It's very on theme and I think it'll make you happy. Okay. Our last story is about the short men in green of the ARAN Islands. This is a group of three islands off the west coast of Ireland. And in 1982, a boy spotted two men fishing while he was out walking the shoreline of one of the islands.

38:34 They were dressed in green and speaking Irish, but with an accent, the boy didn't recognize. So we had me that was a different dialect. But the strange thing was the two men were only about a meter tall. I don't know how tall a meter is. It's like three feet. Okay. Yeah. They were about three feet tall. So roughly my height. Was it you? I mean, I am wearing green. Case closed. Yeah. Solved it.

39:14 But the curious cat, the boy tried to quietly approach, but the men noticed him and they vanished right before his eyes. There's a lot of disappearing here in these stories. Yeah, it seemed to just be popping in and out of his existence. Yeah, just I don't know. That seems odd. Odd. Yeah. Like put a pin in that. Ireland. That's Ireland for you. But the boy noticed that they dropped something. A pipe. I wonder what was in this little pipe. I was like, I don't know if I would smoke that pipe.

39:57 So of course he took it as proof and stashed it in a drawer. But unfortunately his friends and family didn't believe his short tail. Get it? Cause it's not a tall tail. But I'm like, did he show them the pipe? I'm not sure if he showed them or if he just kept it to himself. I mean, he must. Yeah. Yeah. Unless they're like what? Like, yeah. Well, they might have taken it though, because it is a pipe. And if you try to tell your parents, yeah, they'd be like, we don't smoke reefer in this house. If you're telling your friends, you might have shown them the pipe. Who knows? I don't know.

40:37 Ireland's pretty conservative. Maybe his friends would have been like, yeah, smoke reefer in this house. I don't know. I don't know if I'm smoke weed either. Who knows? It's probably just tobacco. I mean, yeah. Well, he tried to go back and see if he could spot the little men in green again, but he never did. And the stolen pipe also mysteriously banished from the drawer. Okay. Yeah. Now that. Okay. He searched his house high and low, but was never able to find it again. He searched it. So I and I and low.

41:18 I didn't even make that joke on purpose. Nope. I wonder if his parents just found it in through. They were like, yeah, no, this isn't. Nope. Because you have to think it was probably not like a, it was probably a normal size pipe. Like people who are three feet tall don't have like teeny, weenie tiny pipes. Or do they? I don't know. Asking for a friend. Leprechauns call us and tell us how big your pipe is. Leprechauns call Cassie. I just need to know about the pipe. You guys know. Uh huh. Gosh, we have some real themes running through the show. We do.

41:58 Well, that's all the stories that I could fit into this episode. So stay tuned, Patreon for a bonus later at some other point in time. Well, I will see you later or I will see you another time. Well, you ready to do some tarot? I am. Yeah. You've got something we're really excited to share with you guys. Let's hear a few words from our new pod besties. This is Justin, host of Obscura: true crime podcast. Do you need a true crime fix? Obscura has atmospheric music and sound design.

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44:04 This is Justin and I do the Peripheral podcast. I have a true crime background but when telling the stories of true crime, sometimes you have to gloss over topics like mental illness, drug addiction, sexual assault, and I feel like we do that in life too. So this podcast is my attempt to bring all of these topics that are on the peripheral into the mainstream. So please join me wherever you listen to podcasts. Check them out, creepy people, their info is in our show notes. I feel like what if we do, because this one is like the plant in animal and then I have the goddess one, what if we do, and what if we do two oracle readings?

44:52 Because we are allowed to mix it up. We can do whatever we want. This is our show. I don't know if you knew that. Being a smart one. You both. Because then I feel like it's giving us all of the elements. I don't know. I like it. I don't really know that I even understood it but here we are. I have really small hands. Have we ever talked about that? These goddess oracle cards are ginormous. They're huge.

45:33 Okay. Now, where about in the deck? I'm just like, where your thumb was just now? Down. Yeah. Like there? That area. Yeah. Okay. You're going to shit. You're going to absolutely shit. What is it? It's a red head and there's a sneak. Is it The Morrigan? No. Dang it. How you pronounce this? S-I-G-Y-N. Sigyn. Sigyn. Sigyn. I like it. Cassie.

46:16 She is number 33 and you know how I feel about these synchronicity numbers, especially of late. Oh my goodness. Okay. So she is from the Norse pantheon and her keywords are loyalty, support and devotion. Goddess Sigyn, the loyal wife of the trickster Loki. Loki. Loki. Loki was so devoted that when the other gods chained her husband in a cave as punishment for killing Balder, she would not leave his side.

46:57 Oh my god. Ah. Okay. I really hate snakes, but I'm going to power through. Above Loki was a venom-dripping snake, but Sigyn held a bowl to catch it so the venom wouldn't touch her husband's head. Aww. That's so sweet. It is sweet. This reminds me of those like the monsters who scream when they're being killed and their mate comes and like gets revenge. And they kind of like the snake that's in here, like you could make an argument. That looks kind of like an eel. Yeah. It's hard to see it. You also snake like. Yeah. You even said that earlier.

47:37 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Supporting loved ones is important in good times and bad. It's easy to be there for someone when things are going well, but being present in the harder times speaks more of your love, be there for each other at all times equally unless it's toxic. Oh my god. Well that's just making me think of like this goes back to like kind of the wedding theme that appears to be just like running through this, you know, like for better or for worse. Yeah. Or wires. Wires. Um, and they have these little quotes at the bottom and hers is my love and support are powerful.

48:25 Interesting. Okay. I'm going to fan it out. That one. That is not helpful at all. Right there you that thumb keep going back, back more somewhere around there. Oh my god. Is it an eel? Dude, it's a bear. Oh, it's a bear. And it's like, I know and it's like just a close up of his face. That's very interesting. Um, so cool. Cool. Okay. So our Oracle card for the bear are keywords are recharge, inner strength and solitude.

49:14 This card tells us to use your energy wisely. Relaxation, solitude and inward exploration allow for deep insights to just state. Is one of my least favorite words in any like state. Stay true to your vision and stand tall in the face of your fears. Stay tall. Also, Caitlin scared of everything. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I'm just afraid of everything. You know what? You remember when that doll said that to you?

49:55 I've been trying to forget ever since, but thank you for reminding me. Stand tall. Oh, fuck me, right? Geez. Okay. Anyways. I have more jokes. Okay. But trust that now is not the time to act. Presently, your energy is better spent envisioning, strategizing and preparing for the future. It just really like reminds me of the man who they said had a bear face. I want to name him. Is there any names on that card?

50:35 Um, Barry? We can call him Barry. I don't know if that's disrespectful or not. We've already had a Barry in the podcast though. Oh, yeah. We did just have a Barry. Um, we could call him Sid, like, Sigyn and he could be Sid. I was thinking like Stanley. Okay. But we're both getting S's. Yeah. What do you think? Sid or Stanley? Stan? Stan. Yeah. I mean, it should be shortened up. So okay, Sid and Sigyn or Stan and Sigyn, I think Stan, Stan and Sigyn.

51:16 Okay. Their names sound better together. Okay. So on this, um, you know, marriage kick. Now Stan and this goddess are getting married. They are now. I'm shipping them real hard. No, I just like it when people's names like sound good together, you know, like Chris and Caitlyn. I was going to say Caitlyn and Cassie. All and uh, I mean, we should get married. We're all the C names. So it doesn't hurt. I was saying that that card just like reminded me of Stan who wanted to just be alone and like everyone else leave me alone.

51:57 I'm doing my own thing. I'm working on myself here, working through some shit, some trauma, leave me alone. Yeah. Bitches. Don't look at me like you're scared. Yeah. Yeah. If you can't bear to look at me. Oh Stan. Oh Stan. We wouldn't look at you scared. I frankly like men with most of their face full of hair. Well, I think, I think we're done. I think we covered Ireland. I think we did it. Yeah. Well, we covered Galway. We'll probably visit Ireland again.

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54:50 As long as you read it and click the links. Yeah. Have a creepy ass St. Patrick's Day! In Ireland, in Galway. With the leprechauns, I'm going to go have lucky charm ice cream after this. What? You have a lucky charm ice cream? Not yet, but I'm gonna. Oh, bitch. I want some. I know. I'll bring some. Maybe I can bring some help. I think you're gonna bring me some and I'm like, aww. You're gonna drive an hour to bring me some ice cream. I love you. I mean, I would. Like if you had a broken leg, but it's very free.

55:34 I don't. I don't. I just need to make an- I just need to make an Irish friend who will just, I can text and they can just send me a voice. Hmm. Thing of how to say it. Yeah. Or they get like face time you. Yeah. Does any Irish people want to be friends with me? Woo! Welcome, visit you. Woo! Yeah. I will as well. Not in a creepy way like Caitlyn is trying to make it seem. I am not a creeper. I just want to slide off my chair as I listen to you speak. Oh my god. What is the big deal?

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