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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1548, 18 September 1912, Page 8

Whooping-cough is the subject of more q iliii lit "superstitions thnn almost any other disease; In Northamptonshire it', is believed that if a small quantity of hair is cut from the nape of the sick child's neck, rolled in a' piece of meat, and given to a dog, the whooping-cough will be transferred to the animal.. In Cornwall the child is fed with bread and butter which has been, passed three times under the belly'of a piebald horse. Tii Lancashire they still tell you that whooping-cough will never attack a child that has ridden on a bear.' Woods' Great Peppermint Criro, 1«. Cd, For Chronic Chest Complaints.* The best of friends of "NAZOL" nro those who havo tested and tried it most thoroughly for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Inflnenze, Nnasl Cntarrh, or Cold in.the Head. Price Is. 6d. bottle.—A<lrt. Prizes lor labourers who have been in the service of one employer or on the same farm for the longest period, offered in connection with the Hunts Agricultural Show, have disclosed some wonderful records. Ono inan of eighty-three,, named John Laxton, has a record of seventy-two years' service, and another man of sixty years has a record of fiftythree years. In the prizes for sheep-rear-ing, ono shepherd hnd 153 lambs from lOt owes, and another 118 lambs from seventyeight ewes. Over a period of cloven consecutive years before the Titanic disaster vessels of tbo White Star Company carried 2,179,-59-1 passengers, and the total loss of lives was two. If headaches occur after bathing the trouble is probably due to water in the hoad, and future hondaches can be prevented by placing a piece of cotton wool la eaob. fsaj,