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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 149

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    In Ireland long ago there was a terrible lot of diseases and some of the old old had the cure of all these.
    If anyone took the mumps there would be a halter put on them and the would be led around the pig sty three times and the person leading would say some rhyme in Irish. This was said to be a cure for the mumps.
    Another disease was the whooping. When a person would take it there would be milk brought to a ferret and after drinking some of it the remainder would be brought home and given to the sick person and it is said to be a great cure
    Another cure for the whooping cough is if you met a man with a pie
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullalougher, Co. Cavan