A cure for jaundice: Bone Bowl
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Title
A cure for jaundice: Bone Bowl
Description
Jaundice is a symptom, rather than a disease. Shetlanders used folk-remedies to try to cure the condition. One way was to drink water from a stream where three landlords’ estates met. The water was scooped with the big bowl, called a kapp, and the patient sipped it with the little dish. This dish is made from whalebone. Customs & Folklore gallery FPL 2012.480
Contributor
museums@eu-lac.org
Language
English
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
6007
Europeana
Europeana Data Provider
Shetland Museum and Archive
Europeana Type
TEXT
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DescriptionEN
Jaundice is a symptom, rather than a disease. Shetlanders used folk-remedies to try to cure the condition. One way was to drink water from a stream where three landlords’ estates met. The water was scooped with the big bowl, called a kapp, and the patient sipped it with the little dish. This dish is made from whalebone. Customs & Folklore gallery FPL 2012.480
Prim Media
213
Citation
“A cure for jaundice: Bone Bowl,” EU-LAC, accessed October 30, 2025, https://eu-lac.org/omeka/items/show/6397.
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