Shetland Folk-Lore
breast of the cock, and applied bleeding to the left breast of the individual affected.
The trows sometimes rendered themselves visible to ordinary mortals, and are said to have left behind them some of their own domestic utensils, the possession of which was reckoned very lucky.
In a house near a place called Gungsta a wooden cog was captured from a trowie wife, and this cog or kit was possessed for generations, and used for milking; and whether the cow was teed, forrow, or yield, the cog was filled to the brim. A cow in full milk is said to be teed; in second year's milk, without having a calf, forrow; having no milk, yield.
A similar vessel, said to have been obtained from the trows, was long preserved in the North Isles as a maet-löm for any animal supposed to be suffering from the evil eye.
The following legend is told regarding it. A certain goodwife had risen about
da swaar o'simmer dim to get a little
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