piseog
In Irish folklore, a piseog (also spelled pisreog) is a malicious charm, hex, or superstitious ritual used to bring bad luck or harm to a neighbor — often involving leaving cursed objects like eggs, meat, or ashes on someone's property.
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In Irish folklore, a piseog (also spelled pisreog) is a malicious charm, hex, or superstitious ritual used to bring bad luck or harm to a neighbor — often involving leaving cursed objects like eggs, meat, or ashes on someone's property. More than just a curse, a piseog carried serious dread in rural Irish communities, where the belief in its power was very real. Today the word is used both literally in traditional contexts and loosely to mean any superstitious nonsense.
She was convinced someone had put a piseog on her land after the cattle started dying for no reason.
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(Ireland) An evil spell; a curse.
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