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Category: Herbal lore and healing traditions

WW1 and herbal medicine

January 28, 2025 cheryl 2 Comments

In the course of research for my new book, the third in the Wise Women series, I discovered one of…

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Posted in: Herbal lore and healing traditions Filed under: herbal medicine, historical fiction, novels, women's fiction, world war one, writing

All Hallows Eve and River Witch

October 29, 2024 cheryl

All Hallows Eve – or Halloween – features in two critical events in the story of River Witch. Both involve…

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Posted in: Herbal lore and healing traditions Filed under: Fantasy, historical fantasy, historical fiction, magical realism, romance, women's fiction

‘Wise men and women’

August 11, 2022 cheryl
skull magic

‘You and I are not ordinary folk, little mistress. We are wise …’ Aaron, my male protagonist in River Witch,…

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Posted in: Herbal lore and healing traditions, The inspiration behind the books Filed under: cunning folk, historical fiction, magic, magical realism, wise woman

Tried for witchcraft in 1906

March 30, 2022 cheryl 2 Comments
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Tried for witchcraft in 1906? Yes, you read that right! It wasn’t a typo from 1609! In May 1906, Cinderford…

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Posted in: Forest of Dean and River Severn history, folklore and myth, Herbal lore and healing traditions, The inspiration behind the books Filed under: Cinderford, Forest of Dean, historical fiction, local history, witch trials 19th century, witchcraft

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