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Anthropology

multigraincracker

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2. I bought a box of old books a while back.

Reply to Warpy (Original post)

Mon May 31, 2021, 02:13 PM

May 2021

There was one in German and I had a friend from Germany look at it for me. The only thing could understand was in the front page. 1578 and Geutenburg(sp) Press.
It was by Brother Magnus and it was a medical book. One cure was for a fever. You would draw a picture of a cross. Then cut out a piece of bark on a willow tree. Then fold the paper, put it in the hole and then put the bark back in over the paper. Never tried it.

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