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School: Caisleán hAicéid

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Castlehacket, Co. Galway
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    neck. If a person wishes to sell it, it is worth twenty five shillings. The fox's head or tail is worth from five to eight shillings.
    There is a cure in its tongue also. If there is a thorn in a person's finger all he has to do is to leave the tongue on the spot where the thorn is.
    It has to be left like that for a day. At the end of that time the thorn comes out.
    Nellie Hogan
    Biggory.
    Corrandulla.
    Got from
    John Hogan Age 71
    Biggory,
    Corrandulla,
    Co. Galway.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Biggera More, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Hogan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Biggera More, Co. Galway