Active New Top (30 days) Compact Card Turns out an old wives tale about magic soil from an Irish church was real Essie Carroll - June 24, 2020 Found this while looking for positive stories, haha. Since the early 1800s, the people in a town in Northern Ireland called Boho thought the soil from a nearby church had healing powers. They would put some dirt under their pillow when they were sick, and the folklore was that it would heal you. A scientist tested the soil a few years back and it turns out to have strong antibacterial properties. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46651702 It got me wondering if there are other examples of survival folklore actually being true? Read More 9 9 News < Prev 1 2 3 … 5 6 7 Recently Active News for the Week 2024-04-29 - 3 days agoNews for the Week 2024-04-22 - 2 weeks agoNews for the Week 2024-04-15 - 2 weeks agoNews for the week of 2024-04-08 - 4 weeks agoNews for the week of 2024-04-01 - 4 weeks ago RULES This forum is heavily moderated to keep things valuable to as many people as possible. Full community policies are here. The basics: 1. Be nice to each other. 2. Stay focused on prepping. 3. Avoid politics, religion, and other arguments. 4. No unfounded conspiracies, fake news, etc. 5. Debate ideas, not people. FILTER Show all Advice Gear Meta News Scenarios Skills

Turns out an old wives tale about magic soil from an Irish church was real

Essie Carroll - June 24, 2020

Found this while looking for positive stories, haha. Since the early 1800s, the people in a town in Northern Ireland called Boho thought the soil from a nearby church had healing powers. They would put some dirt under their pillow when they were sick, and the folklore was that it would heal you.

A scientist tested the soil a few years back and it turns out to have strong antibacterial properties. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46651702

It got me wondering if there are other examples of survival folklore actually being true?

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