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Mcwhirter, Patricia (Fa 1365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mcwhirter, Patricia (Fa 1365), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1365. Student folk studies project titled “Folklore on Pregnancy and Childbirth” which includes survey sheets with traditional practices and beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth in Henery County, Illinois and Jefferson County, Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of the traditional practice or belief, the informant’s name, location, birth month and year, text classification, and motif annotation.
Berryman, Libby (Fa 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Berryman, Libby (Fa 1346), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 1346. Student folk studies project titled “Superstions [sic] Associated with Pregnancy” which includes survey sheets with brief descriptions of traditional folk beliefs about pregnancy in the counties of Carroll, Daviess, Franklin, Green, Hardin, Jefferson, Muhlenberg, Shelby and Warren in Kentucky. Sheets may include a brief description of belief or traditional practice, informant’s name and religious affiliation, date, and text classification.
Herbals : The Vade Mecum Of The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries, William G. Peacher M.D.
Herbals : The Vade Mecum Of The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries, William G. Peacher M.D.
The Courier
Claus Nissen, in his book, Herbals of Five Centuries, 1958, defines a herbal as a book on medicinal plants which describes their appearance, gathering and preparation, contains notes concerning their preservation and storage, and finally provides the inclusion of data about their indication and dosage. The word "herb" was first used around 1500 to differentiate a plant with medicinal properties from an ordinary plant. Actually, manuscripts surviving from remote antiquity indicate a knowledge of this subject. With the advent of printing and advances in wood and metal engraving, the herbal became the indispensable reference book for physicians, apothecaries and the …
Gipson, Georgina (Fa 1353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Gipson, Georgina (Fa 1353), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1353. Folklife project titled "Folk Remedies" by Georgina Gipson for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University. Project includes a paper about traditional folk remedies in Logan County, Kentucky. Survey sheets may include a brief description of the belief, informant’s name, birth location, birth month and year, annotation, and text classification.