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School: Monaghan (Christian Bros.) (roll number 16723)

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Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
M. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0957, Page 111

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  1. Cures - Whooping Cough

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    Cross over the back and then go under the belly of a donkey. Do this three times.
    Two people married of the same name anything given by them like bread or jam is a cure.
    Give milk, from which a ferret drank, to the sufferer three times.
    Put a donkey's bridle on the person having this cough and drive the person three times across a stream flowing in a southern direction.
    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