School: Dubhais (roll number 16323)
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- Dooish, Co. Donegal
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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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- 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.
A variation is "nettle brew" the above liquid mixed with whiskey- used in the same way. - Variations of the cure noted on page 24.
Gather nine gooseberry thorns(continues on next page)