For the first episode, I wanted to touch on a gruesome and often forgotten practice, folk medicine. Where we combined early medicine, superstition and witchcraft together to form a grotesque form of medical treatment, often causing more harm than good.
If you would like to watch this episode, it can be found on Youtube: https://youtu.be/CzlLcPV6Ga8
For more information:
Folklore Thursday - Passing Through and Under: http://folklorethursday.com/folklife/passing-through-under-a-ritual-healing-in-england/Historic UK - Folk Remedies: https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Folk-Remedies/