Nettle cure for bleeding.
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1955
Track ID
33367
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1955.108.7
Original Tape ID
Summary
Nettle cure for bleeding.
In olden times nettles could provide a cure for serious nose bleeds or a bleeding stomach. The nettles would be boiled into pulp, then syed in a syer [sieved in a sieve] and the liquid bottled. The extract was to be taken first thing in the morning before any food and another tumblerful taken at night until the bleeding ceased. The most powerful, three-year-old, nettle medicine was reserved for cases where the bleeding was very bad.
Recording Location
County - Shetland
Parish - Yell
Island - Yell
Village/Place - Arisdale
Item Location
County - Shetland
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good