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Leigheas le snàithean.

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1971.254.A8; B1

Original Tape ID

SA1971.254

Summary

Curing through thread-chewing.

Some folk believed that an illness could be cured by means of thread-chewing. The gifted person would chew on a thread whilst reciting some poem. Afterwards, he would put a knot in the thread and ask some relative of the patient to keep the thread in his pocket. A man by the name of Willie Dingwall was renowned for this.

Recording Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Parish - Tain

Village/Place - Tain

Item Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Parish - Gairloch

Language

Gaelic

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good