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otherkinnews2011-11-26 01:00 pm
frameacloud) wrote in otherkinnews2011-11-26 01:00 pm
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Multibillionaire offends the Fair Folk, goes bankrupt
Trigger warnings: violation of ancient sacred site.
The richest man in Ireland moved an ancient megalithic (standing stone) burial site twenty years ago, and now he’s gone bankrupt. There are a lot of practical reasons for his ruin, but locals voiced to interviewers that the violation of that sacred site, Aughrim Wedge Tomb, was the primary cause for his downfall: not just due to the expense, but because that action offended the spirits who live there, the dangerous Fair Folk (fairies). Belief in the Fair Folk is widespread in the area, connected with a taboo against violating any ancient sacred sites.
- O. Scribner
Source
Greg Harkin, “Sean Quinn’s downfall is fairies’ revenge say locals in Cavan.” November 22, 2011. Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/sean-quinnrsquos-downfall-is-fairiesrsquo-revenge-say-locals-in-cavan-2941144.html
The richest man in Ireland moved an ancient megalithic (standing stone) burial site twenty years ago, and now he’s gone bankrupt. There are a lot of practical reasons for his ruin, but locals voiced to interviewers that the violation of that sacred site, Aughrim Wedge Tomb, was the primary cause for his downfall: not just due to the expense, but because that action offended the spirits who live there, the dangerous Fair Folk (fairies). Belief in the Fair Folk is widespread in the area, connected with a taboo against violating any ancient sacred sites.
- O. Scribner
Greg Harkin, “Sean Quinn’s downfall is fairies’ revenge say locals in Cavan.” November 22, 2011. Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/national-news/sean-quinnrsquos-downfall-is-fairiesrsquo-revenge-say-locals-in-cavan-2941144.html