Was there any scientific basis to potions, lotions and salves that folk healers prescribed, or was it all just hocus pocus?
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Tove Jansson’s gentle Moomin creatures reflect something ancient and ever-changing: a mythic rhythm of wandering, belonging and becoming.
Medical folk wisdom is the complex problem health professionals can’t afford to ignore.
Science destroys folk wisdom, once again.
Proverbs are generally regarded as repositories of folk wisdom and are used widely in African settings.
When you see a bolt of lightning, do you immediately start counting to see how far off a storm is? An atmospheric scientist parses the practice.
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