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School: Drimcoe (roll number 3977)

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Drumcoe, Co. Donegal
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Elizabeth Mc Clure
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    The person who has whooping cough should go under a donkey’s stomach three times and over its back. Then the donkey should be given some oat bread. What it drops out of its mouth should be eaten by the person who has the cough.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Mc Clure
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Informant
    Tom Elliott
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Creevins, Co. Donegal