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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts) Sun Mar 23, 2014, 07:20 AM Mar 2014

To cure whooping cough

Pass a child with whooping cough thrice beneath the belly of a piebald horse.
If you find yourself in the middle ages in England, don't buy a piebald horse, you'll have a hard time getting anywhere on time.

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To cure whooping cough (Original Post) My Good Babushka Mar 2014 OP

Good to know, thanks... nt Callmecrazy Mar 2014 #1

Callmecrazy

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1. Good to know, thanks... nt

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Sun Mar 23, 2014, 08:57 AM

Mar 2014

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