School: Cill Mhic Eoghain (roll number 9848)
- Location:
- Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Hurdail
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- (continued from previous page)2/ When a fox's tongue is rubbed to a sore, the cut is cured after a short time Once upon a time there lived in Eyeries a man who had often sores. When he was coming from the hill he fell off a rock. The cut in his leg was very deep, and the man was afraid he would die.
"Get a fox's tongue" he said to the companion. Luckily a den of a fox was near. The fox was killed without delay, and the tongue was got. The man got a piece of the tongue and put it into the cut, instead of boiling it and then drinking the juice. The sore was healed after a few weeks.
About six years ago a man named Patrick Shea(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dick Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crumpane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Crumpane, Co. Cork
