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Superstitions / Folklore

Superstitions / Folklore

A typewritten document about folklore and superstitions with handwritten annotations and red ink underlining throughout.

Superstition / Folklore

Typewritten document on paper featuring a numbered list of various superstitions and folklore with handwritten corrections.

Superstition / Folklore

Typewritten document on white paper with handwritten ink underlines and edits describing local folklore and superstitions.

Superstition / Folklore

A typed document listing items labeled as safeguards against witches, including salt, iron, witch bottles, and holed stones.

Superstition / Folklore

A typed document page titled Introduction with various words underlined in red ink discussing early human beliefs about illness.

Superstition / Folklore

Typewritten document page with red ink underlining beneath many phrases and words throughout the text.

Superstition / Folklore

A typewritten document page numbered 3 with red ink underlines beneath various words and a handwritten note in the margin.

Superstition / Folklore

A document page numbered five showing typewritten text with numerous words underlined in red ink.

Superstition / Folklore

A typewritten document page numbered six, featuring numerous lines of text with red pencil underlines beneath specific phrases.

Superstition / Folklore

A page of typewritten text with red ink underlines under various words and phrases, detailing traditional medicinal methods.

Superstition / Folklore

A typed document page describing the Doctrine of Signatures, featuring a list of plants and their traditional medical uses.

Superstition / Folklore

A typewritten document page numbered 9, with several lines of text underlined in red ink and some handwritten corrections.

Superstition / Folklore

A typewritten document page numbered 10, featuring text about folklore with several phrases underlined in red ink.

Superstition / Folklore

A typed document page describing historical housing, living conditions, and folk remedies, with some words underlined in red.

Superstition / Folklore

A page from a typed document titled 12, listing historical folk remedies and superstitions with handwritten annotations.

Superstition / Folklore

A typed document on page 12 detailing folk remedies for anaemia and infectious diseases with several lines underlined in red.

Superstition / Folklore

Typewritten document featuring numbered list entries about superstitions and female health, with handwritten ink annotations.

Superstition / Folklore

A typewritten document page numbered 15, featuring paragraphs of text about folk remedies with several lines underlined in red.

Superstition / Folklore

Typewritten document page numbered 16, featuring various superstitions and folk remedies with handwritten red ink underlines.

Superstition / Folklore

Typed document page with handwritten red ink notes and underlining detailing various local folk remedies for ailments.

Superstition / Folklore

A typewritten document page numbered 18, detailing folklore remedies for quinsy and warts with some words underlined in red.

Superstition / Folklore

Typewritten document page 19 with red ink underlines showing superstitions about warts and notes on occupational diseases.

Superstition / Folklore

A document page with typed text describing historical Fenland medical practices, featuring several lines underlined in red.

Superstition / Folklore

Typewritten document describing 19th-century folk remedies, featuring handwritten annotations in the left margin.

Superstition / Folklore

A typed document page titled with the number 22, featuring a list of folk remedies and text about witchcraft and disease.

Superstition / Folklore

A page of typewritten text with red ink underlines and handwritten marginal notes discussing superstitions and folk surgery.

Superstition / Folklore

Typed document page with red ink underlining and a handwritten note, detailing rural medical practices and folklore beliefs.

Superstition / Folklore

Typewritten document with red ink underlining, describing instances of medical folklore and traditional healing practices.

Superstition / Folklore

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