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Hob-Goblins 5

Foidin Seachrain (Stray Sod) Fóidín mearaí (Little Sod of Confusion)
Disguise themselves as grass to fool travelers. Fóidín mearaí, a place where directions are false, a deliberate pit-fall, intentional misinformation (may be actual physical place - cf frithbhuachán, or more general) frithbhuachán: a place or thing which drains bua or assaults brí [power], may or may not be individually specific, frithchosúlacht: paradox. (6, 133)
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