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death. The doctor came to see them twice a
year by order of the king and Turi thought that
was about enough. He had to ride on horseback
across the marshes for two days, it took him
another day to cross the mountain on foot and
last time he forded the river he was nearly
drowned. Luckily there were many healers
amongst them who could cure most of their
ailments much better than the king’s doctor. The
healers were befriended by the Uldra who had
taught them their art. Some of these healers
could take away the pain simply by laying their
hand on the aching spot. What helped for most
ailments was bleeding and rubbing. Mercury
and sulphur was also very good and so was a
teaspoonful of snuff in a cup of coffee. Two frogs
cooked in milk for two hours was very good
against the cough, a big toad was still better
when you could lay your hands on one. The
toads came from the clouds, when the clouds
were low the toads fell down in hundreds on the
snow. You could not explain it otherwise for you
would find them on the most desolate snow-fields
where there was no trace of any living thing.
Ten lice boiled in milk with plenty of salt and
taken on an empty stomach was certain to cure
jaundice, a very common complaint among the
Lapps in the spring. Dog bites were cured by
rubbing the wound with the blood of the same
dog. To rub the sore place with a little lamb’s
wool would take away the pain at once, for Jesus
Christ had often spoken of the lamb. When
somebody was going to die you were always
warned beforehand by a raven or a crow who
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