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Currie, Archibald, 1821-1896

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Note on 'Foineachun' [foinneachan], 28 October 1872

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/102
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Note on 'Foineachun' [foinneachan or warts] probably collected from Archibald Currie, aged forty-six, shoemaker, Iocar [Ìochdar], Uibhist a Deas/South Uist describing how an old woman in Bornish [Bornais] cured her warts using straws and multiples of nine so that there were eighty-one [straws] for each wart. These were buried in a pit until they withered and the warts were gone. The text is unclear in its meaning.

Dates: 28 October 1872

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