Introduction: Folk healing in contemporary Britain and Ireland: Revival, revitalisation or reinvention?

Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Britain and Ireland: Stethoscopes, Wands and Crystals

Volumn 9781845456726, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-21

  Moore, Ronnie ^a   McClean, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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BRITAIN; IRELAND;

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