Vulgar words in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 (Page 1)
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The lady inquired how this _charming_ business was performed; and not long after had, in walking through the streets, many times the pleasure of witnessing the process, which is simply this:--An ass is brought before the door of a house, into whose mouth a piece of bread is introduced; and the child being passed three times over and under the animal's body, the charm is completed; and of its efficacy in preventing the spread of a very distressing, and sometimes fatal disorder, the lower class of Irish are _certain_.