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Tinneasan bheathaichean agus leigheasan.

Date 1972
Track ID 53591
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1972.55.B1-B8

Original Tape ID

SA1972.055

Summary

Animal diseases and cures.

Wooden tongue: a cattle disease caused by an insect which laid eggs in the mouth.
'Stùrd': caused by lack of magnesium.
Trembling: common in cattle and sheep. Cured by blood-letting, using a special knife.
Red water: beasts brought into the island were prone to this. Salt was given as a cure.

Other ailments mentioned are husk, fluke, blindness, and swollen glands.

Item Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Jura

Island - Jura

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good