In the old days, the bear was considered the best doctor for back pain. Before Easter, Christmas or New Year, the “Ursari” type of gypsies (tr.: “bearers”) walked around the villages and caroled from house to house with the bear tied in a chain, to massage people’s backs and remove the pain from the spine. …
The rose has always been a symbol of beauty, youth and health. This regal plant holds a special place in the hearts of people from ancient times to the present day and is the basis of romantic stories, legends and narratives that still excite today. The incomparable aroma, delicate tenderness and extraordinary qualities of this …
The region described in the articles is, so to speak, an overlay of various areas – geological, state, ethnological or historical. It is customarily divided into three parts: Western, Central and Eastern or also Gorajskie, Tomaszowskie and Rawskie. This area, due to its border character – has the characteristic features of mixing cultures. So let’s …
By folk medicine we mean, from an ethnographic point of view, the tradition of understanding the causes of diseases, the symptoms they cause and the ways of treating them in the peasant world. Its knowledge is two-sided, including the experience of diseases and the procedures and instructions for their cure. Folk medicine cannot be dissociated …
