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Hemyock Castle
Ancient Heart of the Blackdowns
Hemyock Residents Remember:
This is the first volume in a series containing fascinating tales of long-forgotten rural life in Hemyock and the Blackdown Hills. This series is based largely on personal interviews conducted in 1995; edited & republished in electronic format on Kindle, to raise funds for Hemyock's Blackdown Support Group Charity, which does so much to help frail & elderly residents. It is equivalent to about 20 A5 pages.
This series of books can be read on any Kindle device, and also in the free Kindle reading apps that Amazon offers for PCs, tablets and smartphones. Kindle now also offers a free online Kindle reader, which works within most web browsers.
"Country Cures & Cider" Volume 6 of Hemyock Memories.
In our modern world with its instant communications and 24/7 TV news coverage, it's hard to imagine rural Devon life before the 1940s when many people in Hemyock seldom ventured farther than the nearby towns; almost anything necessary could be made, bought or repaired locally; and where most activities had been contained within the village. This was long before the UK's National Health Service was founded: People, especially in rural areas such as Hemyock, relied on traditional cures & remedies, even for quite serious medical problems & injuries.
This book covers:
- Traditional rural recipes & country cures for horses and humans
- Cider & commercial Cider-Making at Hemyock Castle Farm
It includes the story of healing the eye of a valuable Arab colt horse, using just ordinary sugar; Also cider-making at Hemyock Castle Farm. This book relates some traditional remedies for humans and horses; as well as the important part that cider and cider-making played in village life.
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0713VRNRP
USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0713VRNRP
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