Chamberlain Mary - Old Wives Tales The History Of Remedies Charms And Spells - Paperback Bossa Nova Barcode: 4571483866552

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paper invented in China before Julius Caesar was born had a bigger impact in Europe while metals spices and glass were just as important as silk

Chamberlain Mary - Old Wives Tales The History Of Remedies Charms And Spells - Paperback Bossa Nova Barcode: 4571483866552Binding: Paperback Description: 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