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lbheuschkel

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#Folklore, bondeovertro og #historie. To #heste og for mange #katte. #Fibromyalgi, #ADHD, #cPTSD, skribent, fed. Hvad pronominer du lyster.

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lbheuschkel, to folklore
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Do I happen to have any folks knowledgeable about polio in my network? More specifically, looking for pre-19th century treatments (however useless) and names for the disease, as well as beliefs regarding origin and causes (before it was discovered to be a virus).

Links and book recs welcome!

@folklore #Polio #Folklore #History

lbheuschkel,
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@Samhain @folklore One genuine mid-1700s theory was eating unpeeled apples. ;)

SimonRoyHughes, to folklorethursday

They say folktales have a pedagogical function, teaching children how they should behave.

The folktales:

“Their parents are very sad that they cannot by any means separate the sisters from one another, and when the children are twelve years old, they decide to get rid of them both. So they have a large barrel made, into which they put both girls, provide them with food and drink, nail down the lid and throw it into the sea.”

@folklore @folklorethursday

lbheuschkel,
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@SimonRoyHughes @folklore @folklorethursday I'm tempted to say that it's not so much pedagogical as it's passing on social control.

And in the case of that particular story, social control is exerted over people who don't behave according to the norm (even if they're not behaving badly per se).

lbheuschkel,
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@SimonRoyHughes @folklore @folklorethursday At which point it seems only reasonable that they throw you in instead.

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