Badfearn Ross and Cromarty Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charm entitled 'Eòlas an Tarbhan' and accompanying story, 4 September 1909
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/85
Scope and Contents
Charm entitled 'Eòlas an Tarbhan' [charm for surfeit] collected from Ann Morrison, crofter, Badfearn [Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] beginning 'An leigheas a ch[uir] C[hriosda] Dha A bho na caillich' and accompanying story. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
4 September 1909
Story entitled 'An Tarbhan' about a bull being healed, 3 September 1909
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/82
Scope and Contents
Story entitled 'An Tarbhan' [charm for surfeit] about a bull being healed. The story states that the informant's father had a stirk which was swollen and which was healed by Mary MacKenzie of Badfearn [Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] who circled the animal sunwise repeating a charm 'in the name of the Trinity'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Dates:
3 September 1909