Duan agus eòlas leighis.
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
July 1960
Track ID
53242
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.187.A9
Original Tape ID
Summary
Information about a healing rhyme, knowledge and charm.
The contributor recites a rhyme that an old woman once used to heal an injury that she had. She rubbed her chest with a wet hand while saying the rhyme and her condition improved. Murchadh Mòr MacIver would send a charm to people by reciting a verse while tying knots in a piece of thread, cloth or string. The material was tied to the afflicted area. Men could pass the gift of healing to women and vice versa, but it could not be passed to someone of the same sex.
Item Subject/Person
MacÌomhair, Murchadh Mòr
Recording Location
County - Ross and Cromarty
Item Location
County - Ross and Cromarty
Parish - Gairloch
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good