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School: Palmerstown (roll number 14080)

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Palmerston, Co. Dublin
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Mrs Tuohy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0795, Page 098

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    A woman named Biddy MAc Inerney used to cure whooping cough by breathing into the mouths of children suffering from it
    Whooping Cough
    A cure for whooping cough is to put a frog into a bottle and then to cork it. It is said that when the frog dies the whooping cough will be cured.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English