Name: Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom, from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals By Paul Jenner
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Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom, from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals Summary

Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom, from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals by Paul Jenner

cooking with a range - counting sheep - curing drunkenness
finding water - signalling with semaphore - identifying plants and trees
making and taking tea - natural first aid - using an abacus
navigating by nature - preparing antidotes to poisoning
predicting the sex of a baby - repairing clothes
curing warts - weather forecasting
Lost Lore is a celebration of the time-honoured wisdom upon which we all once relied. It draws on folklore, tradition and superstition, and is packed with amusing anecdotes and historical extracts which illuminate the beliefs and knowledge of our ancestors. It brings to life the wisdom and practical skills that helped generation after generation, only becoming lost with the advent of mechanization and the technological age.
Following in the footsteps of Lost Crafts, Lost Lore is a beautiful book that will once more immerse you in the pleasures of the past.

About Paul Jenner

Una McGovern is a freelance editor and writer, with books on a wide range of subjects to her name. She spent many years making regular forays from Edinburgh to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, before a return to rural Devon brought with it the opportunity to develop an organic kitchen garden, complete with traditional breed chickens. She now lives with her partner in a small Dartmoor town.
Paul Jenner is a writer and journalist specializing in lifestyle subjects. He lives with his partner, three horses, two dogs and two sheep in the foothills of the Spanish Pyrenees, where, when hes not working, he enjoys hiking, riding, cycling, sailing, swimming, diving and snowboarding.

: Health and Wellbeing
- : Using Natural First Aid
- : Using Natural Remedies
- : Preparing Antidotes to Poison
- : Curing Warts
- : Curing Drunkenness
- : Improving Digestion
- : Making Possets and Caudles
- : Living Longer
- : Caring for Hair
- : Caring for Skin
- : Caring for Teeth
- : Beautifying
: Education and Knowledge
- : Using an abacus
- : Using logarithm tables
- : Using a slide rule
- : Imperial measurements
- : Converting decimal to pounds, shillings and pence
- : Using mnemonics
- : Using an almanac
- : Using codes and ciphers
- : Using a camera obscura
: Socializing and Celebration
- : Predicting the sex of a baby
- : Celebrating births
- : Wooing and courting
- : Celebrating marriages
- : Mourning deaths
- : Observing etiquette
- : Dining
- : Making and taking tea
- : Celebrating with alcohol
- : Dancing
- : Celebrating the seasons
- : Celebrating a traditional Christmas
- : Letter writing
- : Writing by hand
: Household
- : Living thriftily
- : Laying a fire
- : Cooking with a range
- : Choosing produce
- : Making the most of meat
- : Preserving by curing, smoking and salting
- : Preserving by drying
- : Preserving by pickling
- : Preserving by freezing and bottling
- : Storing vegetables, fruit and wine
- : Storing clothes
- : Repairing clothes
- : Dyeing
- : Laundering
- : Cleaning
- : Polishing furniture
- : Eradicating unpleasant household odours
- : Soap making
- : Eradicating pests and vermin
- : Gardening
- : Starting a car
- : Superstitions
: Outdoor Life
- : Weather forecasting
- : Telling the time
- : Working with the moon and tides
- : Navigating by nature
- : Navigating using traditional maritime instruments
- : Navigating using a map and compass
- : Understanding longitude and latitude
- : Seafaring
- : Raft-making
- : Foraging for wild food
- : Mushrooming
- : Cooking alfresco
- : Making fire without matches
- : Finding water
- : Measuring ice
- : Identifying plants
- : Identifying trees
- : Tracking animals
- : Identifying birds
- : Signalling with semaphore
- : Signalling with Morse code
- : Signalling with smoke or fire
- : Signalling with naval flags
- : Surviving in the wilderness
- : Sheltering
- : Making outdoor equipment
- : Choosing and using wood
- : Counting sheep
- : Removing stones from horses' hooves
- : How to choose livestock and horses
- : Sharpening knives

Additional information

Sku

GOR010721994

ISBN 13

9780550105219

ISBN 10

0550105212

Title

Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom, from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals by Paul Jenner

Author

Paul Jenner

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

John Murray Press

Year published

20090925

Number of pages

384

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom, from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals Paul Jenner

Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom, from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals by Paul Jenner

Summary

Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom, from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals Summary

Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom, from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals by Paul Jenner

About Paul Jenner

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