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9. Sharyn McCrumb is one of my wife's favorite authors

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 10:55 PM

Aug 2014

I will ask my wife, who is Hispanic, if she knows about the curandera.

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A place and time when a woman's menstrual cycle was equated with power [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2014 OP

Wise older women... redqueen Aug 2014 #1

I suspect some of those traditions came from their Scots-Irish heritage... theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #2

k and r and thank you for sharing this. niyad Aug 2014 #3

You're very welcome theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #6

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Thanks very much for the link -- I'll definitely check it out theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #5

I posted this thread the other day re: Appalachian quilts theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #8

Sharyn McCrumb is one of my wife's favorite authors theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #9

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