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Tag: apple medicine

John Gerard (and Others), on the Vertues of Apples

Hot stomake? Pissing in drops? Dry skin? Gonnhorrhaea? Smallpox scars? John Gerard has a remedy for that, and it’s cheaper than you might think…

Published March 8, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Tradition, Quotations Tagged apple medicine, C16th, herball, humorism, John Gerard, magical thinking

Rembert Dodoens and Henry Lyte, on Apples

Hoate stomacke? Take a sowrish apple for that. But watch out for blastinges in the belly…

Published February 19, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Tradition, Quotations Tagged apple medicine, C16th, four elements, Henry Lyte, magical thinking, Rembert Dodoens

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More whitecurrant picking today. Plus blackcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries. I bloody love soft fruit season, I do 😁

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applesandpeople ApplesandPeople @applesandpeople ·
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As revellers congregate within sight of mystical Glastonbury Tor in Somerset for the 50th anniversary Glastonbury Festival, today's Apple Story is a misty soup of Celtic legend and medieval tales about Avalon, the mythical Isle of Apples. #glastonbury

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