10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEECHCRAFT»
Discover the use of
leechcraft in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
leechcraft and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plant-Lore and Healing
This is a fascinating work of reference, packed full of information and interesting details.
2
Runic Amulets and Magic Objects
Healing. Charms. and. Leechcraft. THE Ribe cranium, whose inscription invokes
a divine triad for help against dwarfstroke, seems to be the earliest datable
example of a runic charm against some form of pain or disease. The use of runes
in ...
Mindy MacLeod, Bernard Mees, 2006
3
Maps and Monsters in Medieval England
Ibid., Leechcraft, 457. Temple, 81, no. 64 dates this manuscript to the early
eleventh century at Christ Church, Canterbury. Koert van der Horst, William Noel
and Wilhemlmina Wüstefeld, The Utrecht Psalter in Medieval Art: Picturing the
Psalms ...
4
The Well at the World's End: A Tale
THE LEECHCRAFT OF THE LADY. MEANWHILE she went to Ralph and stood
by him, who now began to stir again ; and she knelt down by him and kissed his
face gently, and rose up hastily and stood a little aloof again. Now Ralph sat up ...
5
Anglo-Saxon
Leechcraft; an Historical Sketch of Early ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Henry S. Wellcome, Burroughs Wellcome and Company, 2011
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Anglo-Saxon
Leechcraft; An Historical Sketch of Early ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Henry S Wellcome, Burroughs Wellcome and Company, 2013
7
The Year's Work in Medievalism, 2011
Leechcraft refers to the medieval practice of medicine (while leeches, in the
sense used by Tolkien, were the practitioners of leechcraft; in today's idiom,
doctors). The practice ofmedicine in Anglo-Saxon England—lǽcecræft— was, to
put it ...
8
The Story of Cirrus Flux
"Mr. Sidereal sends his apologies," said Mr. Leechcraft. "He will meet us there."
Cirrus climbed into the carriage, followed by the other boys. Mr. Leechcraft
squeezed in beside them, a rich, musky odor emanating from his clothes. He had
...
9
Northern Lore: A Field Guide to the Northern Mind-Body-Spirit
Chapter. 5. -. Herb. Lore. &. Leechcraft. ature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent
to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the
phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. It ranges in scale
from ...
10
Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England ...
... and cummin, and a fourth part of laurel berries (one fourth as much), and of the
other worts, of each by weight of a half penny and six pepper corns, unweighed,
and grind all to dust, and add wine two egg shells full ; this is a true leechcraft.
Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Dioscorides Pedanius (of Anazarbos.), 1864
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEECHCRAFT»
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leechcraft is used in the context of the following news items.
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“Leeches were used to suck the blood, and suck away the evil. Even if you weren't ill, you would regularly have leechcraft,” Mr Palmer said. «Gravesend Reporter, Apr 15»
Stephen Colbert Mocks Fox News For Complaining About Obama …
... revolution that believed that knowledge was worth acquiring and that the scientific method is superior to superstition and leechcraft!" "Garçon! «Huffington Post, Jul 14»
'Absolutely Gutted' - Konoplayanka's Agent confirms €19m LFC deal …
I've said it before , these agents practice the modern day leechcraft, because it's deadline day they think it's Ben Dover day, if the deal has ... «Liverpool-Kop, Jan 14»
Does Fuel Systems Solutions' Bloodletting Represent Opportunity?
The market's leechcraft has created a situation where patient investors have a new floor from which to base their buy-in decisions. I expect we'll ... «Motley Fool, Nov 13»
Home-schooled student wins spelling bee
First place winner Sarah Hurlin of the Family Educators Alliance of South Texas calculates her winning word "leechcraft" at the end of the San ... «San Antonio Express, Mar 12»
Neloy Shome of All-Saints wins the A-J Regional Spelling Bee
He captured the regional championship as the sole speller in the 19th round by nailing “leechcraft.” Farmer was first runner-up of the bee, and ... «LubbockOnline.com, Mar 12»
Antibiotics and…Enemas? Why I Will Never Read HuffPo Again
Of course, leechcraft was once part of the standard medical repertoire too. Because if I had a raging fever due to a bloodstream infection and ... «ScienceBlogs, Apr 09»
