School: Aill
- Location:
- Ayle, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Donnabháin
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- Whooping Cough A skinned frog boiled in milk and the milk given to children was supposed to prevent Whooping Cough. Milk left behind by a ferret was also suposed to cure this cough. I remember people bringing milk in bottles to my home. This milk was given to a ferret which we always kept. If the ferret only breathed on it the milk was thin considered a cure. It was then rebottled and given to the owner who always felt confident that he carried back with him a perfect cure for Whooping Cough.
Meeting a man with a white horse and saying "Man of the White Horse" "What will cure the Chincough" was also regarded as a means of occuring a remedy for this epidemic. Whatever the man with the white horse prescribed was sure to prove a cure(continues on next page)
