School: Behey (roll number 8222)
- Location:
- Behy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Meadhbh, Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1029, Page 34
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- A fish is caught in a river and three drops of water out of the fish’s mouth is given to the sick child saying In the Name of the Father and of the Son + of the Holy Ghost.
- Brigid Loughlan of Behey aged 18. born after her father died, is said to have the cure of the whooping cough” She is brought to the sick child and she pins or fastens a lock of her own hair on the child’s dress or clothing.
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- People here still believe in a cow being “Elf Shoh” – and a man of Cashelard named John Donagher is said to have the “Cure”
- Brigid Gallinogh of Behey aged 72 “cures”! a calf that is said to have “The Balts” She puts a knot on a cord called a “worm knot” and rubs the calf’s back with it while saying a prayer.
