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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 185

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    The cure for the mumps is to get a stocking of salt and roast it and put it round your neck. The cure for the whooping cough is a red stocking.
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    The cure for a whooping cough is the person must go between a donkeys legs. Cure for the mumps is the person must go into the pig sty three times. The cure for a
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