School: Maynooth (Pres. Convent)

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   “This is the cure of the whoopingcough.”

   

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   This is the cure of the whooping cough I had myself . The cure is to get a bit of bread from a woman whose name did not change when she married . The woman who gave me the cure is Nan Nolan Newtown. This girl Nan Nolan when suffering from whooping caught in 1937 was put "under" and ass and "over" and ass three times "fat.her and mother holding the child and passing her from hand to hand under the animal

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)
            1. medicine for human sicknesses
               1. whooping-cough (~234)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Reilly

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   25425

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   “This girl, Nan Nolan, when suffering from Whooping Cough in 1937, was first put "under an ass" and "over an ass three times" father and mother holding the child and passing her from hand to hand under the animal.”

   

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   This girl, Nan Nolan, when suffering from whooping Cough in 1937, was put "under an ass" and "over an ass three times" father and mother holding the child and passing her from hand to hand under the animal.

   

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