School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)

Location:
Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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  1. Folklore 5 9 38
    The luckiest day of the week is Thursday. One night a fox broke into a henhouse. He ate some hens. He got so fat that he could not get out. All he could do to be down and pretended to be dead. When the man go up he went out and found the fox in the henhouse he got the fox and threw him out. when the fox got out side he ran away. The tongue of a fox is good for a cure.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Folktales index
    AT0041: The Wolf Overeats in the Cellar
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Reddington
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs T. Reddington
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Flaskagh More, Co. Galway