cooking with a range / counting sheep / curing drunkenness / finding water / signalling with semaphore / identifying plants and trees/ making and taking tea / natural first aid / using an abacus/ navigating by nature / preparing antidotes to poisoning / predicting the sex of a baby / repairing clothes / curing warts / weather forecasting. Lost Lore is a celebration of the time-honored wisdom upon which we all once relied. It draws on folklore, tradition and superstition, and is packed with amusing anecdotes and historical extracts which illuminate the beliefs and knowledge of our ancestors. It brings to life the wisdom and practical skills that helped generation after generation, only becoming lost with the advent of mechanization and the technological age. Following in the footsteps of Lost Crafts, Lost Lore is a beautiful book that will once more immerse you in the pleasures of the past.
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Paul Jenner is a freelance journalist and author of more than twenty books. He has a special interest in love and sex and their connection with happiness, health, and the course of human history.
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I was delighted to discover Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom. Want to know how to send or read smoke signals? Looking for the Christmas traditions our ancestors enjoyed? Or maybe how to navigate with old-school maritime instruments? Well, likely not, I suppose. But anyway, you'll find all that, and more, in this treasure chest assembled by authors Una McGovern and Paul Jenner. You'll even find a section on letter writing, another gentle art vanishing in the age of instant communication. I found the letter writing section especially fascinating. I now want to go out and buy sealing wax with a custom seal, fine paper, and scented ink. If I can't find the scented ink, no worries. Lost Lore tells me how to make it.
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Great book, fun facts, beautiful illustrations! I love that there are publishers willing to revert to older styles, even the paper was lovely.
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excellent reference book for those interested in the culture that we pass down through the ages. the seller was fantastic to deal with. received item extremely fast and in great condition.
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