Dòighean air leigheas.
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
27 June 1960
Track ID
101383
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.119.B5g
Original Tape ID
Summary
Various cures.
The contributor mentions a rhyme for curing a boil, e.g. under the arm. She also tells of a cure for a stye by rubbing a wedding ring on it five times. She recites a children's rhyme said when rubbing a dock leaf on a nettle sting: "Copag mhìn, mhìn, mhìn, loisg an deanntag mhosach mi" [Soft/smooth dock leaf, the nasty nettle stung me].
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good