School: Listellick, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Lios Teilice Thuaidh, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)When people killed a fox they preserved the tongue and they used it for drawing thorns out of children's feet. They used to draw the hard dry tongue across the thorn or thorns.
When children got wind gall they rubbed butter to the sore parts and they then called a dog to lick it as the dog's tongue was supposed to have healing properties. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- Patrick O Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Baile an Abhalloirt, Co. Chiarraí