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Chopped onions and sugar was an old cure for a baby with a bad cold.
Taken from Maureen Behan Kildangan Co. Kildare

When people got warts they would be cured if they put a snail on a thorn and leave it there until it withered, and by the time it had withered the wart would be cured.
Taken from:- Carrie Weller Kildangan Co. Kildare.

If a person had the whooping-cough they would be cured if their godfather or godmother bought three yards of red tape and tie in three knots around his neck. Another cure for the whooping cough was to get bread from two people whose names were the same previous to their marriage. Taken from Bridie Carroll Kildangan Co Kildare