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1. If a child was sick, their mother would push his/her bed near the fire and give him/her medicine.

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2. During the colonial times, people believed that herbs could cure almost anything.

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3. People use herbs for their cuts because it helps the cut heal faster.

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4. People also use herbs when they bumped themselves because it makes the swelling go down.

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5. They use herbs to mend broken arms and legs too.

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6. Each family grows their own herbs so they can make their own medicines.

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7. Some people think that a tea made of ground-up, roasted toads is good for you.

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8. When someone gets a high fever, you are supposed to cut the sick manās nails and put the nails into a little bag. Put an eel in some water and tie the bag around its neck. When the eel dies, the sick man will get better.

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9. Usually when a baby grows his first teeth, he does not feel well. The mother is supposed to tie a string of berries around the baby's neck. That should make him feel better.

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10. If the baby still doesnāt feel better, they put a necklace made of wolf teeth around his neck.

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11. Back then anyone could sell medicine because some were not medicine at all.

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12. Some people just put water into a fancy bottle and gave it a fancy name.

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13. If you were sick, you would probably have to ride all day to find a doctor.

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14. The doctors cured people by letting them bleed. He would cut open a vein and let the bad blood flow out.

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15. If the person still did not get better, they would blame it on the witches. They believed witches cast evil spells which made people sick.

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