School: Knockminna (roll number 12720)
- Location:
- Knockmoynagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Máire Ní Scannláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 451
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- (continued from previous page)are a cure for whooping-cough and many people who had this disease tried the cure and have found it successful. The ferrets' leavings are usually milk which is given to drink to the person with the whooping cough.
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- Borax and honey mixed together are a cure for thrush. A posthumous child is supposed to have a cure for this disease also. She breathes into the mouth of the affected child.
