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School: Cnoc Aoibhinn (Mount Pleasant) (C.) (roll number 13501)

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Mountpleasant, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Géaraidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090, Page 199

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    Whooping Cough:-
    1. Milk is given to a ferret. He is allowed to drink some of it. The remainder is given to children who have the whooping cough.
    2. A cure is got from a man riding a white horse. The horseman is told that the children have the whooping cough. He knows that the person wishes to get a cure. He tells him to give the children warm milk or some other simple drink. This is supposed to
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Gilligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Gilligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyglass, Co. Mayo