Leigheas le snàithean.
Contributors
Date
1971
Track ID
64057
Part 1
Part 2
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1971.254.A8; B1
Original Tape ID
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
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good