School: Behey (roll number 8222)
- Location:
- Behy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Meadhbh, Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1029, Page 33
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- The old people believed, that to make a cake of out bread and to give it to the donkey to eat and the crumbs that fell from from the donkey’s mouth to be given to the person suffering from mumps would cure him. A man and woman who were of the same name previous to their marriage were supposed to have the “Cure of the Mumps” The patient was taken to their house. A donkey’s halter was put on him; he was led to a spring well round which he travelled three rivers, each time taking three seefs [?] of the water Saying “In the name of the Father Son + Holy Ghost.” This custom still prevails in this school district and many of the pupils now attending have undergone the same treatment.
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