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Old Wives´ Tales: The History of Remedies, Charms and Spells
Mary Chamberlain
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Paperback. We may all know that dandelions make us wet the bed, and that stewed prunes are a cure for constipation, but how many of us were aware that a poultice of chicken manure is a remedy for baldness? Or that eel liver will aid a difficult labour? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: VXHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
We may all know that dandelions make us wet the bed, and that stewed prunes are a cure for constipation, but how many of us were aware that a poultice of chicken manure is a remedy for baldness? Or that eel liver will aid a difficult labour? The woman healer is as old as history. For millennia she has been doctor, nurse and midwife, and even in the age of modern medicine her wisdom is handed down in the form of old wives' tales. Using extensive research into archives and original texts, and numerous conversations with women in city and ... Read more
We may all know that dandelions make us wet the bed, and that stewed prunes are a cure for constipation, but how many of us were aware that a poultice of chicken manure is a remedy for baldness? Or that eel liver will aid a difficult labour? The woman healer is as old as history. For millennia she has been doctor, nurse and midwife, and even in the age of modern medicine her wisdom is handed down in the form of old wives' tales. Using extensive research into archives and original texts, and numerous conversations with women in city and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
189g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752458090
SKU
V9780752458090
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99-50
About Mary Chamberlain
MARY CHAMBERLAIN is Professor of History at Oxford Brookes University. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of a range of academic, editorial and government advisory boards. She has also held visiting professorships at the University of the West Indies and at New York University. She lives in London.
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