Note on 'Foineachun' [foinneachan], 28 October 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/102
Scope and Contents
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
- Creation: 28 October 1872
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Language of Materials
English Gaelic
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Full Extent
From the Series: 117 folios ; 20 x 16.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 33r, line 1 to folio 33r, line 8
Bibliography
Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina Gadelica, vol. IV (Edinburgh, 1941), p. 221
Parman, Susan, 'Curing Beliefs and Practices in the Outer Hebrides', Folklore, vol 88 (1977), pp. 107-109.
http://carmichaelwatson.blogspot.com/2011/02/cures-for-black-warts.html
Parman, Susan, 'Curing Beliefs and Practices in the Outer Hebrides', Folklore, vol 88 (1977), pp. 107-109.
http://carmichaelwatson.blogspot.com/2011/02/cures-for-black-warts.html
Subject
- Currie, Archibald, 1821-1896 (Person)
Repository Details
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