An Irish Remedy:

So this morning while we were eating our breakfast of rashers, eggs tea and pudding, one of the neighborhood women, who lives in Kilcolman Court with the O'Deas, came by looking for advice. Her baby was sick with the Croup and she wanted to know what to give her, so Mrs. O'Dea put on her apron, went to the larder, and brought out a bottle of Guinness. She mixed some of it with milk, butter and sugar and heated it on the stove. She then put it in the woman's baby bottle and told her to feed the baby that for the day, and that would clear up the Croup soon. After I watched all this in astonishment, she laughed and explained that when she was young, in the country, that's what her mother would feed them every time they got sick and it was a sure cure. "After all," she said, in all seriousness, "its not healthy to feed a child whiskey for their ailments until they're at least twelve. Guinness works best for the younger ones."