The Witch's Book of Simples: The Simple Arte of Domestic Folk Medicine

by Melusine Draco

Keep it Simple

A Simple is a philtre derived from a single herb and was an important element among the natural resources of the parish-pump witch, wise-women and cunning-folk. Simples are common kitchen 'stuff' that have been handed down through generations of country people in the form of family cures for everyday ailments. Or as William Fernie wrote in his Herbal Simples (1897) The art of Simpling is as old with us as our British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789047897
• ISBN13: 9781789047899
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Moon Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"