Healing Threads: Traditional Medicines Of The Highlands And Islands

In addition to a general historical background, which traces the story of Highland folk tradition from earliest times, Mary Beith describes a whole variety of traditional remedies, cures and practices, from the healing properties of stone and metal, animals and insects, to rituals, charms and incantations.

• | By (Author): Mary Beith
• | Publisher: Birlinn General
• | Publication Date: Aug 09, 2018
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 368 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1912476088
• | ISBN-13: 9781912476084