School: Cill Mháille (B.), Inis (roll number 14468)

Location:
Kilmaley, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Cuinneáin
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    At the north side of the hill where the quarry is in Inch...

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    stream issues from the rocks and after flowing from west to east 200 yards again disappears .This is a very common occurrence in Clare
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  2. 37.Folk Cures for Consumption.
    1. Hole the garlic with a pin,put it into a pint of whiskey and drink it.
    2, Put red pepper into another pint of whiskey and drink it.
    3.Get a jar of buttermilk ,bury it in the ground for twelve days and then drink it.
    37.
    Go to the spring well every morning and drink a cup of spring water .
    This must be done while fasting sand it is a cure for a cough.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. tuberculosis (~27)
    Language
    English