pishogue
/pɪˈʃoʊɡ/
noun
- A spell, charm, or superstitious practice, especially in Irish folklore.
- She laughed at the pishogue her grandmother used to ward off bad luck.
- Some farmers still believe in the pishogue of burying a horseshoe under the doorstep.
- The old woman muttered a pishogue to protect the cows from evil spirits.
- A piece of nonsense or foolish talk; a silly belief.
- Don't listen to his pishogue about the moon causing earthquakes.
- The article was full of pishogue about miracle cures.
- Calling that superstition a pishogue, she walked away from the fortune teller.
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