Nether Lochaber The Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West Highlands
CHAPTER XLIV.
A "Blessed Thaw" after a Severe Frost--Longevity in Lochaber--A ready "Saline draught"--A probatum est Recipe for Catarrh and Colds--Egg-shell Superstition--Curious old Gaelic Poem, 272