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1. Cure for Hiccough

   

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   Cure for Hiccough No 82
   A person should stand erect with outstretched arms, while drinking from a cup of tepid water held to his lips by someone else. Drink as much as possible of it without stopping
   Maud Lowry

   

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2. Travelling Folk

   

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   Travelling Folk. No. I. Some years ago the tramps were very plentiful, but these last years most of them have died. The tramps which come mostly to our house come in big bands, sometimes two or three families together. They have asses and horses, and they make cans, porridges, artificial flowers, and they come and want to sell them. They also sell hair brushes, combs, mirrors, hair oil and other small things like that, and for these they want bacon, and milk, bread and raw potatoes. Long ago, the gipsy-women used to knit for the women, but they do not do that now. The Mc Cann's are the gipsie's which come mostly our district. Travelling folk still call at our home, but

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
         1. travellers (~3,023)

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   English