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| British Association For the Advancement of Science | 1 |
| Fowler, Wilelmine M E | 1 |
| Jay, Catharine | 1 |
| Johnson, Malcolm | 1 |
| Macquarie University. Speech & Language Research Centre | 1 |
| University College London. Survey of English Folklore | 1 |
| University of Exeter. Department of Sociology. Family Planning Research Unit | 1 |
G: Folk Medicine
1962-1978
This series contains items relating to traditional medicine. The subject matter largely covers kinds of treatments and cures, in particular cures for warts.
Cures and Causes
1962-1978
This subseries contains items relating to the causes and curing of ailments and diseases, and includes items on healers and traditional cures, and a photocopy of Jean Gessler's 'Stromata Mediae et Inf...
Current Superstitions Television Script
Jay, Catharine
[1970s]
This file contains a transcript of television recordings made for a programme on contemporary popular superstitions and beliefs. The main part of the transcript is typed, and consists of eight rolls o...
Historical Events
1969-1975
This file contains Theo Brown's pamphlet, 'Trojans in the West Country' (St. Peter Port: Toucan Press, 1970), 16 pp.; L. V. Grinsell's pamphlet on the folklore of Stanton Drew (St. Peter Port: Toucan ...
Working Papers: A Report of Speech and Language Research in Progress
Macquarie University. Speech & Language Research Centre
1978
This file contains an issue of 'Working Papers', a periodical outlining work in progress at the Speech and Language Research Centre at Macquarie University in New South Wales. This issue (volume 2, nu...
Common Diseases and Ailments
1960-1979
This subseries contains items relating to the treatment and cure of common diseases and ailments. This includes a file of information on traditional cures, and items relating to the treatment of warts...
The Fowler Manuscript
Fowler, Wilelmine M E
[1960s-1970s]
Bound photocopy of Wilelmine Fowler's manuscript, 'Yorkshire Sayings and Superstitions Collected in the Neighbourhood of Wakefield' ( ca. 1890s). Fowler intended the manuscript for publication in the ...
Horses, Cattle and Draft Animals
1960-1973
This file contains items on livestock, in particular cattle and horses. The focus is largely on the general care and management of cattle and horses, folklore relating to their care, medicine, dialect...
Patterns and Perception of Menstrual Bleeding in Ten Regions
University of Exeter. Department of Sociology. Family Planning Research Unit
1975
This file contains a study on cross-cultural perceptions of menstrual bleeding, conducted by researchers at the Family Planning Research Unit at Exeter University, on behalf of the World Health Organi...
Sky and Weather
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains items relating to weatherlore, including an ms. paper compiled by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivist Margaret Jackson, containing weatherlore, with bibliog...
Folk Medicine: Miscellaneous
1962-1973
This file contains items relating to medicine and beliefs, including an ms. letter and typed anecdote from Mr. S. J. Tyrell of Rugby (Warwickshire), on the belief that reciting Bible text can stem ble...
Cures
1965-1978
This file includes a typed paper by Mrs. P. Brimson on her grandmother, the wise woman Annie Leech of Bentham (North Yorkshire), including some of her cures and recipes (November 1978); a photocopy of...