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Fabulous Folklore with Icy

Elf-Shot: Old English Medicine and Magical Remedies

  • 21:24
  • August 8th 2020

People often believe Old English medicine would be primitive or superstitious. Yet one remedy found in a 9th century medical text can cure MRSA.

What did people believe called illness in this era? How did their remedies work?

Let's find out in this episode of Fabulous Folklore.

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Fabulous Folklore with Icy

Fabulous Folklore will give you your weekly fix of fabulous folklore in fifteen minutes (or less)!

Hosted by fantasy and Gothic horror writer, Icy Sedgwick, the podcast explores folklore, legends, superstitions, mythology, and all things weird, occult and unusual.