Cure for 'falling sickness' [epilepsy], September 1909
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/157
Scope and Contents
Cure for 'falling sickness' [epilepsy] in which a 'famh' [mole] is held 'up above your breath till it dies - held up by the hind leg til it dies'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates
- Creation: September 1909
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Series: 39 folios ; 20.2 x 16.5 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 39r, line 6 to folio 39r, line 9
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)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk