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Rann airson crodh a leigheas.

Date
Track ID 45517
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.031.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1960.031

Summary

Verse for curing illness in cows.

To cure mastitis in cows, women made a charm to put round the udder and then repeated a verse. The cow would be cured in three days.

The contributor gives a detailed account of a woman who used the verse on one of his own cows. The cow was cured. He regrets that he did not learn the rhyme from her.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - South Uist

Parish - South Uist

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - South Uist

Parish - South Uist

Language

Gaelic

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good