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School: Béal Átha Fhinghín

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Ballineen, Co. Cork
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Eibhlín, Bean Uí Dhéisigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0310, Page 067

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  1. A Cure

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Shanaway East, Co. Cork

  2. Cures

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    Whooping Cough is cured by giving a drink of milk from which a ferret has drunk.
    If a child suffering from Whooping Cough is put under the stomach of a mare donkey 3 times, it will cure the cough.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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