ricketie buckie noun A small snail which when pulverised (or cooked in milk) supposedly cured rickets. These snails were (and still are) found round St Tredwell’s Chapel in Papa Westray. |
by Margaret Flaws and Gregor Lamb
ricketie buckie noun A small snail which when pulverised (or cooked in milk) supposedly cured rickets. These snails were (and still are) found round St Tredwell’s Chapel in Papa Westray. |