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An Account of the Sami p. 129

Frostbite

“For frostbite, there is a good treatment: when one first notices that an area is frostbitten, one must press it and rub it with snow until it turns red again and it comes back to life. But surface snow will not be of any use; one must use the snow which is called sea!áš (corn snow), which is the kind of snow found deep beneath the surface, nearest the ground.

This is an account of a child who lived some forty years ago. When the child was ten years old, she was outside running in harsh, cold weather, and she fell into a pit full of snow with her hands bare. And her mother didn’t notice, and the child’s fingers got frostbite, and she didn’t know to press and rub them with snow. And as a result, the outermost portion of all her fingers fell off.”

Muitalus sámiid birra p. 129

Suvččageapmái

Suvččageapmái lea okta buorre goansta, go dakkaviđe go fuomáša ahte lea suvččagan, de galgá deaddit ja ruvvet muohttagiin nu guhká go máhccá ruoktot, ja eallá fas dat. Muhto ii ábut bajildusmuohta, muhto dat galgá dat muohta mii gohččojuvvo seaŋážin, ja dat lea jur eatnama vuostá ‒ dan soarttat muohta.

Dás muitalus ovtta mánás 40 jagi maŋásguvlui. Mánná leai logi jahkásaš ja leai olgun viehkame garra čoaskimin, ja de gahčai muohtaroggái rabas gieđaiguin. Ja ii eadni fuomášan, ja de suvččage suorpmat, ja eai ipmirdan deaddit ja ruvvet muohttagiin, ja de gahčče suorpmat gaskkaráji eret.

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