{"product_id":"digital-product-8","title":"Ancient Cures, Charms, and Usages of Ireland (c. 1890) - Lady Wilde","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAncient Cures, Charms, and Usages of Ireland (1890)\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lady Wilde (Jane Francesca Wilde)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eContributions to Irish Lore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnter a world where herbs grew from a physician's grave, fairy enchantments were feared, the dead were called upon to heal the living, and ancient charms passed from generation to generation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in London in 1890, Lady Wilde's \u003cem\u003eAncient Cures, Charms, and Usages of Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e is a captivating collection of Irish folk medicine, supernatural beliefs, healing charms, seasonal customs and traditional stories. Blending accounts of older Irish practices with the author's nineteenth-century interpretations, it preserves an extraordinary range of lore associated with everyday life, illness, the landscape and the unseen world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this historical collection\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHerbal healing and ancient Irish physicians:\u003c\/strong\u003e tales of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the healer Dian Cécht, and a legendary bath of herbs said to restore wounded warriors after battle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlants born from the dead:\u003c\/strong\u003e the story of healing herbs springing from the grave of a physician murdered by his jealous father.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpoken charms and folk remedies:\u003c\/strong\u003e traditional formulas for sprains, bleeding, toothache, fever and other ailments, including an elder-twig necklace once associated with epilepsy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStrange cures:\u003c\/strong\u003e accounts involving water from a human skull, a dead hand, and other unsettling objects of folk belief.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWitchcraft and the evil eye:\u003c\/strong\u003e charms, maledictions, suspected enchantments and protective customs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFairies and spirits:\u003c\/strong\u003e the nature of fairies, the banshee, the leprechaun, spectral brides and eerie tales of the dead.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSacred nature:\u003c\/strong\u003e beliefs surrounding trees, briars, birds, omens and the Irish countryside.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeasonal traditions:\u003c\/strong\u003e May Day, May Eve, St Patrick's Day, Hallowtide, Garland Sunday, wakes and village customs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIrish storytelling and heritage:\u003c\/strong\u003e legends, peasant tales, old sayings, proverbs and historical reflections.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the book's most fascinating qualities is the way medicine, religion and magic overlap: a healing charm might invoke Christian saints while preserving the structure of an older folk tradition, and a plant might be valued as much for its legend as for its supposed medicinal power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers interested in \u003cstrong\u003eIrish folklore, traditional herbalism, witchcraft history, fairy lore, folk magic, cultural history and the old ways of healing\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ancestral Library | Hearthwise Herbals\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDigital historical facsimile · English · Originally published 1890 · 282-page edition with the modern promotional cover removed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical research notice:\u003c\/strong\u003e This work records folklore, historical beliefs and remedies, not verified medical treatments. Some practices described are unsafe; the material is supplied for historical, cultural and educational study only. The author's nineteenth-century interpretations should not be mistaken for established facts about ancient Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hearthwise Herbals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64200610382154,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1088\/9940\/2058\/files\/Screenshot2026-11-02212131.png?v=1793655029","url":"https:\/\/hearthwiseherbals.com\/products\/digital-product-8","provider":"Hearthwise Herbals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}