Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Old Wives' Lore: A Book of Old-Fashioned Tips and Remedies

Polly Bloom

3.32/5 (65 ratings)

Read Now Download Now

Handed down through the ages, a treasure trove of seasoned advice and eccentric cures for a huge range of problems

A combination of folklore and time-honored advice, this book illuminates the history behind female wisdom from yesteryear. Tried and tested tips to cure ailments such as warts, arthritis, and gout are interspersed with ancient old wives' tales such as shaving a live chicken and tying it to the groin
to ward off the plague. Taking in money-saving ideas, gardening knowledge, household management, and age-old remedies, the book demonstrates that while some tales are not to be relied upon, a great deal of old wives' lore does have its practical merits. These fascinating tips and tricks will remind readers that sometimes old advice is still the best.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:

Language:

ISBN10:: 1782431470

ISBN13:: 9781782431473

kindle Asin:: B00F99DF40

Old Wives' Lore: A Book of Old-Fashioned Tips and Remedies

Polly Bloom

3.32/5 (65 ratings)

Read Download

Handed down through the ages, a treasure trove of seasoned advice and eccentric cures for a huge range of problems

A combination of folklore and time-honored advice, this book illuminates the history behind female wisdom from yesteryear. Tried and tested tips to cure ailments such as warts, arthritis, and gout are interspersed with ancient old wives' tales such as shaving a live chicken and tying it to the groin
to ward off the plague. Taking in money-saving ideas, gardening knowledge, household management, and age-old remedies, the book demonstrates that while some tales are not to be relied upon, a great deal of old wives' lore does have its practical merits. These fascinating tips and tricks will remind readers that sometimes old advice is still the best.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:

Language:

ISBN10:: 1782431470

ISBN13:: 9781782431473

kindle Asin:: B00F99DF40

More Books

Oranges and Lemons: Rhymes from Past Times

Karen Dolby

The Woman Who Ran Away from Everything

Fiona Gibson

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

Angela Carter

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

Caitlin Doughty

Hexy Witch: Tales from My Life, the Afterlife, and Beyond

Daisy May Cooper

Ice Queen (DI Jamie Johansson, #6)

Morgan Greene

Dark Folklore

Mark Norman

Black Heart (DI Jamie Johansson, #7)

Morgan Greene

The Night Before Christmas

Clement Clarke Moore

The Bingo Hall Detectives (The Bingo Hall Detectives, #1)

Jonathan Whitelaw

Lie To Her (Bree Taggert, #6)

Melinda Leigh

Cut and Thirst

Margaret Atwood