A sense of magic in the air? Boatmen, islanders and more talk about their rituals

Boatmen, islanders, Travellers and mindfulness gurus talk rituals and the reasons behind them with Rita de Brún.

If a flame-haired lady said you could save 13 black cats by unhesitatingly walking under a ladder, would you? Or would your head be so half-melted with conflicting superstitions, you’d be momentarily grounded in contemplation?