{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61d5b0fc9728e10012a06146/683707db944c948b9abbc7cc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Cornish Medics","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61d5b0fc9728e10012a06146/1748436031986-2cea0d65-2489-4913-83ce-c9e6adaac83c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode we chat with writer and historian Dr Charlotte Mackenzie to explore healthcare and medicine in Cornwall back in the eighteenth century, the connection with folk remedies and traditional cures, and look at the practitioners referred to as 'Skilful Aunts' and 'Knowing Men'</p><p><br></p><p><strong>If you're enjoying the series and would like to help support the project, here's a link to the Patreon Page:&nbsp;https://www.patreon.com/thepiskietrap</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Here's a link to Charlotte's book 'Cornish Medics': <strong>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cornish-medics-Charlotte-MacKenzie/dp/1446162613?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&amp;ref_=fplfs&amp;psc=1&amp;smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Check out Charlotte's article for 'Cornish Story' on the topic here: <strong>https://cornishstory.com/2023/04/27/cornish-legends/</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Link for the Cornish Witchcraft Talk at the Poly Falmouth in August<strong>: https://thepoly.org/whats-on/event/3760/a-history-of-witchcraft-in-cornwall</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Link for the Devon Witchcraft talk in July<strong>: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/devon-witches-and-cunning-folk/</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Link for the Cornish Folk Festival Talk<strong>: https://cornwallfolkfestival.com/wp/event/piskie-trap-with-keith-wallis/</strong></p>","author_name":"Keith Wallis"}