School: Palmerstown (roll number 14080)
- Location:
- Baile Phámar, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
- Teacher: Mrs Tuohy
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- A woman named Biddy MAc Inerney used to cure whooping cough by breathing into the mouths of children suffering from itWhooping Cough
A cure for whooping cough is to put a frog into a bottle and then to cork it. It is said that when the frog dies the whooping cough will be cured.
