School: Dubhais (roll number 16323)
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- An Dubhais, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 235
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- XML “Folk Cures and Charms - Consumption”
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- (continued from previous page)and mixed with a naggin of whiskey and a few penny's worth of cloves, kept in a well corked bottle and used as ordinary medicine was believed to cure consumption.
- Nettle tea, this is the tops of nettles boiled in water, and then strained into a jug or other vessel, is still drunk as a cure for measles.
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