School: Cluain an Ghabhláin, Cill Mhichíl
- Location:
- Kilmihil, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Maolruanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0602, Page 368
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- (continued from previous page)Sore throat: 1 As with a toothache tie a stocking of bran around your throat at night.
2. Drink hot milk and pepper.
3. Take the white of an egg.
4. "Thrush" in young children can be cured by a boy or man who was born after his father's death, breathing into the child's mouth. Diseases in Animals.
Kicking(horses): Horses that kick in their stable can be cured by giving them water from St. Sinon's lake to drink. St. Sinon's lake in in Killimer near Kilrush; beside it is Burrane churchyard where the Colleen bawn was buried. Ruathrar péin: This disease of cattle is cured by a charm part of which consists in making a particular knot with cord over the animals back. If the knot opens easily the beast will get well: if not, a cure is unlikely.
