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Domestic News
July 31, 1832
Constitutional Whig
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
Panic erupts in a Scottish village over the supposed arrival of cholera, causing residents to flee while screaming in Gaelic; the local apothecary has only Glauber's salts available.
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Description of the panic occasioned in a village of Scotland at the supposed approach of the Cholera.
The village grocer, draper, hatter, and apothecary, had no medicines on hand, save Glauber's salts, and of these he had two corn sacks full. I bought some; and while I was standing and bargaining about the price of a pig, I beheld a terrible commotion in the village, the men were stripped, and running as for a race; and the women were screaming and running after them, some of them having a child on their backs, and one below each arm while the Gaelic was poured and shouted from every tongue. What is it?—What in the world is it?'—said I to the merchant, who had a little broken English.—'Oh, she pe tat tam bhaist the Cholera Mor,' said he, and away he ran with the rest.
The village grocer, draper, hatter, and apothecary, had no medicines on hand, save Glauber's salts, and of these he had two corn sacks full. I bought some; and while I was standing and bargaining about the price of a pig, I beheld a terrible commotion in the village, the men were stripped, and running as for a race; and the women were screaming and running after them, some of them having a child on their backs, and one below each arm while the Gaelic was poured and shouted from every tongue. What is it?—What in the world is it?'—said I to the merchant, who had a little broken English.—'Oh, she pe tat tam bhaist the Cholera Mor,' said he, and away he ran with the rest.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
Cholera Panic
Scotland Village
Glauber Salts
Gaelic Shouting
Where did it happen?
Village Of Scotland
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Village Of Scotland
Event Details
Panic in a Scottish village at the supposed approach of the Cholera; the local apothecary had only Glauber's salts available; residents, including men stripped and running, women screaming with children, shouted in Gaelic; the merchant confirmed it was the Cholera Mor and fled.