Plants, Poultices And Persecution

A Museum of Dartmoor Life event

When: to June  2024
Where:Museum of Dartmoor Life, 3 West St, Okehampton EX20 1HQ
Who:Tracey Norman

Join local author and historian Tracey Norman as she explores some fascinating 17th century remedies. Discover how our ancestors managed range of ailments, from bruises to toothache. What did snails and earthworms have to do with medicine? What did they use calves' feet for? And what prompted accusations of witchcraft against some people, yet not others? 

Tickets for £6 each to be purchased in advance from the museum.

Further information at  https://www.dartmoorlife.org.uk/magic-myth-exhibition/talks/