So You’ve Been Elfshot

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Oh no, you’ve been shot by an invisible arrow and now you’re sick. What’s a person to do? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered this week with cures for those times when you’ve been elfshot, this week on Footnoting History. 

Host: Kristin

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Further Reading

Karen Louise Jolly, Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context, (2015).
 
Helen King, “Why I Wasn’t Excited About the Medieval Remedy That Works Against MRSA,” The Conversation, (2015).
 
Stephen Wilson, The Magical Universe: Everyday Ritual and Magic in Pre-Modern Europe, (2000).
 
“A Medieval Medical Marvel,” British Library Science Blog, (2015).

​​Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)el

Photograph of Kristin's MRSA plush (courtesy of Kristin)