Doctors of their day, they healed with a combination of magic and folk medicine.
Your prompt is CUNNING FOLK.
Herbs hanging to dry
Your knowledge of the ages
Kept neighbors alive
They were only rarely accused of witchcraft.
Doctors of their day, they healed with a combination of magic and folk medicine.
Your prompt is CUNNING FOLK.
Herbs hanging to dry
Your knowledge of the ages
Kept neighbors alive
They were only rarely accused of witchcraft.
Shrewsbury Abbey
Has a very cunning man
Hight Brother Cadfael.
Canadian novelist Robertson Davies wrote a book called "The Cunning Man". I used to think he meant the traditional metaphorical meaning of "cunning", but, given the strong element of mythological tradition in his works, I'm thinking he probably meant one of these folks.