Episode 17 : Birds

Ireland has a wide variety of native birds, full of colour and character. This month, Eddie discusses the superstitions and symbolic relevance that birds have played in Irish tradition and beliefs. From the crow, to the wren, to the robin - Eddie explores how each bird has it's own unique personality traits, and how we can learn to read their behaviour as harbingers and predictions of what may lie in the future. If you like the podcast and wish to contribute a donation, please visit out supporter page. supporter.acas...
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[@michaelperdue4588]

We here in Ireland should appreciate this man because he is educating us on our heritage...something that is sadly and sorely lacking in our education system

[@stavrotat2]

Definitely appreciated- He deserves a Metal! :)

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

Your content is seeing me through the winter (and now into spring)). I'm making a homemade art book to the tune of your stories. Thank you! ))

[@redroots3103]

I'd love to hear more about ley lines or fairy paths as they're called here in Ireland.

[@JohnnieTheFox85]

Magic in the everyday. Thanks Eddie, you bring a ray of light.

[@georgecardiff1946]

Genius storyteller and a credit to Ireland, thanks for keeping these stories alive Eddie, not enough of this nowadays, i never get tired of it.

[@EncounterswithStrangeness]

I hope so too Eddie! Thank you for a lovely warm, winding chat about Birds. The best 40 minutes of my day. Cheers, Kitty.

[@harechick]

I listened to them all thus far and loved everyone. Thank you Eddie

[@anidiquaojala1804]

Thanks so much! It's wonderful to have a new episode by the one and only world renowned story collector

[@amandabarker2047]

Happy St. Patrick's Day Eddie and family. Thank you for the wonderful stories. I enjoy watching and feeding birds and squirrels in my yard

[@seaniepc4]

Happy, Saint Patrick's Day Eddie and Family, Thank you for the Stories.

[@merriame9487]

Once again, I learnt so much! Especially since I didn't know much about birds at all. Thank you always 🥰

[@drakedragonking4698]

I always look forward to your podcast

[@anielasiladi260]

Lovely stories! Can't wait for the next podcast!

[@stavrotat2]

Wonderful stories about our magical birds! Thank you so much for your lovely stories. :)

[@michelewhite36]

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, Eddie. I so look forward to your podcasts. They have certainly helped me get through this pandemic. I always look forward to a new installment.

[@emmabailie6523]

Thanks for this Eddie. I'll have a listen later. Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit

[@mentaldetectingireland]

Love it .thank you Eddie for keeping Irish folklore going. Love all the stories and how you tell them.big listening fan here and will try pass them on myself. Never as good as you but will do my best..thank you sir..

[@Slippers900]

Another wonderful installment! Relaxes the soul listening to these... Go raibh maith agat! . Happy St.Patriks day!

[@wolfwinddh]

good man eddie i love these

[@Robbie7441]

Thank you eddie another great podcast ❤

[@redroots3103]

This is wonderful, Eddie. I only cut the grass yesterday and sure enough I had a little robin following me around the garden looking for seeds every time I stopped the mower to empty the box. Absolutely lovely little birds altogether.

[@archer125]

Brilliant as always. Love this man 🍻👏

[@SAT0R1.]

Brilliant

[@jeremylee8844]

My Grandmother would always say that if you see a crow or hear them call out you must always say out loud HELLO to them. Otherwise they would be offended and curse you with bad luck until the next days dawn. She would outright yell at you if you didn't say hello. I am 45yrs and I never forget to say hello to this day.

[@paulasteinjeffrey]

Love these stories. Can you do some ghost stories?

[@inchjoe]

I'd heard about crow courts before. Excellent Eddie's in great form here.

[@dangitgayle555]

Yay!!! Eddie!!!

[@johnobrien7860]

There is a pigeon cot at Fore Abbey in Westmeath.

[@condatis6175]

I'm keen to hear Biddy Early part 2. Is it in the pipeline?

[@igorslocks]

Birds are definitely in tune to more of the spectrum then we are. I have so many amazing stories with birds of prey right after deaths of loved ones. I'm 1000% positive it's the departed's spirit coming for one last visit. The stories are way too long to type, I'll make a video to put on Igor's KZbin channel for any interested.

[@TheMuppyOtter]

They have the same story in Peru of the eagle and the wren, except a condor and hummingbird… the condor flies the highest and delivers prayers to god, one day the hummingbird who had always wanted to see god but could never hope to fly so high stowed away on the condor, when it popped out to take a look, the condor was afraid he would be punished, but the hummingbird received praise for the devotion required to have made it there

[@kathleencappetti5081]

My mother was a Corbett.. ie crow

[@werwesdvoisdjvoj]

The crow family always stirs imagination. A raven circling over the house when a pig slaughter is going on is good luck. Otherwise a circling raven is an ill sign. A raven is only hunted once, either you succeed or you fail - but if you fail, the raven will have learned his lesson and never be outsmarted again. No wonder the two ravens of the One-eyed were named "Thought" and "Memory"! They are surprisingly gregarious creatures. If you see those black tufts flying high overhead in the mountains, or hear them cawing, you can try to call them to you - often, they'll be curious enough to examine what queer thing it is that dares to make itself known in its kingdom. They have grown very numerous, I rarely saw them as a boy, but now they have even taken to liking the life in the lowland forests. Crow courts are well known, we'll call them a Crow Thing ("Thing" is an old Nordic term for a parliament). The jackdaws too, gather every noon, yapping like little dogs and flying in great numbers. They are almost as clever as the magpie, and maybe even make as much of a racket. But the magpie is the cleverest of them all, even moreso than the raven.

[@andrewcollins3333]

Pigeon coet down the road from me near laytown, Co meath

[@johninman7545]

I had a encounter with a bird of evil omen. I was living in a place that had a bad spirit energy.I had an encounter and a panic attack .I got my Tibetan Buddhist text and did wrathful practice and there was an earthquake! Many months later a bird of the day,looking like a Robin came and sticking to the fly screen of a window stayed even at night. My sister was sick with cancer and I thought it was an omen of her death. I left on a Thursday and my sister died Friday night. On the Sunday following a friend called me saying that my roommate was having chest pain. The next Monday/Tuesday I had another call about his death. I had to move house. When I returned the same bird came back.I made the averting the gesture [mudra] and a mantra of the same from Tara.The bird flew off and scraping it's beak first flew off. We have Nature spirits good and bad

[@adrianbenn6216]

Is brea liom do chuid scealta i gconai mo chara , agus ta suil agam go bhfuil to go maith, go raibh mile maith agat.

[@jb6368]

birds esp jackjaws,dont start me. Rural monaghan,,every year nests in both chimeys. So new crow guards fitted sorted,,,i taught. Fo;;owing year they returned on steroids and forced through bars on guards to nest,,no crap,,literally forced in through crow guard bars. mind boggles.

[@borderlands6606]

When I renovated a semi-derelict house in the UK, the chimney was full of jackdaw nests. Had the chimney swept and when I set the first fire a week later, there was already a nest inside. The strangest thing I saw there was a circle of jackdaws intimidating another bird on the hill outside. In nearly 20 years virtually the only birds saw near the house were corvids: jackdaws, magpies, jays but rarely ever crows. Half a mile away it was nearly all crows. Strange creatures, birds.

[@johnobrien7860]

You might be aswell to let the Jackdaws nest somewhere. If there's an old Unused flu. They are as good to anyplace as bad. I'd never ban them again... I did it for years.

[@SAT0R1.]

Saw a video of an eagle snatch a small child online. They do... i dont think they shud bring eagles back to ireland...Just saying...good show tho

[@DirtySanchez943]

Crows are vicious, delicious #eatthecrow

[@jb6368]

shhhhhh,,,mass is on.