School: Béal Átha Fhinghín (B.)
- Location:
- Ballineen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Beircheart Seártan
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- (continued from previous page)A fox's tongue was supposed to cure a bad wound made by a thorn. When they would kill a a fox, they would cut out the tongue and keep it. Headache - Wind "Biddy's Cloth" about the head. This cloth is a band of white linen or flannel which is let in the open during St. Bridget's Night and recovered next morning while the dew is on it. It is used for several ailments.
- Whooping cough:_
The milk a ferret leaves after him is a cure and also donkey's milk. Thrush:- Open the gander's bill and let his breath go into the child's mouthBurn:- Lick a lizard in the belly and lick the burnToothache:- Chew the leg of a frog - Informant
- Mrs E. Coffey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shanaway East, Co. Cork
