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School: Swords (B.) (roll number 755)

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Swords, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
A. Hamill
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    Long ago when doctors were not skilled in medicine, people had to depend on their own cures. The cure for the whooping cough was to find a caterpillar called "god's horse" with out looking for it and to sew it in a bag. Then tie it round the neck of the person who had the whooping cough and the cough will get better. It is said when the caterpillar is dead the cough is dead too. That was one way people cured the whooping cough long ago.
    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
    Joseph O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Joseph O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Swords, Co. Dublin