Medical Folklore Calendar
- Date:
- 1967
- Reference:
- WF/M/PB/31/06
- Part of:
- Wellcome Foundation Ltd
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Burroughs Wellcome & Co. desk/hanging calendar illlustrated with tales of folklore. Includes advertisements for Wellcome products.
The folklore tales are taken from the following publications: G. O'Suilleabhain, A Handbook of Irish Folklore; J. Ceredig Davies, The Welsh Gazette and E. & M. A. Radford, Encyclopaedia of Superstitions.
The tales include: a cure for boils, pimples, abcesses and blisters, which involved pointing an edged or pointed instrument towards the affected part three times, and a cure for whooping cough, which involved passing the sufferer under and over a donkey nine times.
Publication/Creation
1967
Physical description
1 item
Copyright note
Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores