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School: The Vale (An Gleann)

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Leiter, Co. Cavan
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S. Ó Brolcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 408

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 408

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  3. XML “Cures”
  4. XML “Extraction of Thorns”
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  1. Cures (continued)

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  2. Extraction of Thorns

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    Both in olden days and to the present day the tongue of the fox was used successfully for the extraction of thorns. It was carefully preserved for the purpose. When a person got a thorn in his hand or foot which was not easily located the tongue of a fox was tied on at night and it seems that it has some drawing power for on nearly on all occasions in the morning the thorn would appear on the surface of the outer skin from which it could easily be extracted.
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