Double-nut, found by a butcher's boy who was told that it was "good against tooth-ache"

Double-nut

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Double-nut
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Double-nut, found by a butcher's boy who was told that it was "good against tooth-ache", from Bignor Park, Pulborough, West Sussex, 1910-1924

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A666075
Materials:
nut
type:
protective amulets
credit:
Head, A.