06/01/2026
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Cure for a “Chin Cough”?
Long before modern remedies, some Irish folk believed in a very different kind of cure. According to National Folklore collection from Galway in the 1930’s, the tradition went like this:
👉 Walk in and out under the belly of a grey horse.
👉 Then politely ask the horse’s owner for a cure.
This might sound odd today, but it reflects the charm of traditional rural cures and the connection people once felt with animals and the land.
