School: Crosskeys
- Location:
- Cross Keys, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Thomas Greene
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 294
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- (continued from previous page)and then looks like a scrambled egg. This is brought to a near by fort, where, tradition says, fairies live. The farmer sprinkles it around the fort, so as to give to the fairies the first milk of the newly calved cow. This is supposed to prevent the fairies from playing tricks on the cow.
Beistings is supposed to contain a certain amount of curative properties. A plaster of beistings is supposed to be a good cure for external cancer.
- Collector
- Kevin Greene
- Gender
- Male
