School: Snaidhm (B.) (roll number 8251)

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1. Wild Animals in this Locality (continued)

   

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   covered with a coat of sharp thorns into which he can roll himself when danger threatens.
   Gypsies are very fond of the flesh. The animal is rolled up in a ball of clay. When the roll is cooked the bally of clay cracks and the spines and skin come off with the hot clay. the flesh is then ready to be eaten.
   The weasel is a courageous little animal. Old people say that a purse made of weasel skin is very lucky to have.
   The mouse is often cooked and the soup is used as a cure for whooping cough.
   The shrew is related to the weasel. In olden times people had very curious superstitions regarding those little animals. One of those was that a cow over which a shrew had run would suffer from terrible swellings and eventually die. Such cow was said to be "shrew struck". It was thought that

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Robert Topham

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Sneem, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Richard Mansfield

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   46

   Address

   Sneem, Co. Kerry