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This article was nominated for deletion on 16 December 2008 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep. |
I removed this text from the article in chief, pending finding a source for this.
Also - what would the community say to either a general article about the wise woman? It seems to me that the sort of traditional healer / midwife / white witch that's discussed in the article in chief would be better off as a section in an article with a worldwide perspective, given that this is a worldwide phenomenon. We don't have an article on "wise woman" generally, but we have articles about a number of people who qualify, including Biddy Early. - Smerdis of Tlön ( talk) 14:57, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
I deleted the following statement from the article: "Much of the original healing knowledge was learned from the Cherokee and Creek Indians of the South, and incorporated into the medicine of Granny women."
This assertion needs to be supported. The "original healing knowledge" was more likely brought with the settlers to the frontiers. These people weren't just naive babes thrown into the wilderness. They brought with them centuries of lore, superstition and wisdom from their countries of origin in Europe. Certainly they had to learn the properties of new world plants, but they brought plenty of familiar plants with them, and they didn't need to learn from the Natives such things as midwifery, setting of broken limbs, or how to remove warts... Eastcote ( talk) 04:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
My gg mother was a granny woman. She did NOT have access to morphine, ever try to get morphine in Appalachia????? Sure how about building a laser with chewing gum and a razor blade, McGyver did! WHAT store? Isolated regions in Hollows were often MILES from a store in terrain that would cripple a goat, much less an elderly woman. This is at best near utter nonsense and total hearsay Coal town guy ( talk) 03:23, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
The contents of the Granny women page were merged into Folk healer and it now redirects there. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history. |
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This article was nominated for deletion on 16 December 2008 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep. |
I removed this text from the article in chief, pending finding a source for this.
Also - what would the community say to either a general article about the wise woman? It seems to me that the sort of traditional healer / midwife / white witch that's discussed in the article in chief would be better off as a section in an article with a worldwide perspective, given that this is a worldwide phenomenon. We don't have an article on "wise woman" generally, but we have articles about a number of people who qualify, including Biddy Early. - Smerdis of Tlön ( talk) 14:57, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
I deleted the following statement from the article: "Much of the original healing knowledge was learned from the Cherokee and Creek Indians of the South, and incorporated into the medicine of Granny women."
This assertion needs to be supported. The "original healing knowledge" was more likely brought with the settlers to the frontiers. These people weren't just naive babes thrown into the wilderness. They brought with them centuries of lore, superstition and wisdom from their countries of origin in Europe. Certainly they had to learn the properties of new world plants, but they brought plenty of familiar plants with them, and they didn't need to learn from the Natives such things as midwifery, setting of broken limbs, or how to remove warts... Eastcote ( talk) 04:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
My gg mother was a granny woman. She did NOT have access to morphine, ever try to get morphine in Appalachia????? Sure how about building a laser with chewing gum and a razor blade, McGyver did! WHAT store? Isolated regions in Hollows were often MILES from a store in terrain that would cripple a goat, much less an elderly woman. This is at best near utter nonsense and total hearsay Coal town guy ( talk) 03:23, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
The contents of the Granny women page were merged into Folk healer and it now redirects there. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history. |