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folk healers

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meanings of folkand healer


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folk
adjective[before noun]
uk /fəʊk/ us /foʊk/
traditional to or typical of a particular group or country, especially one where people mainly live in the countryside, and usually passed on from parents to their children over a long period ...
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healer
noun[C]
uk /ˈhɪə.lər/ us /-lɚ/
a person who has the power to cure ill people without using ...
See more at healer


Examples of folk healers


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The woman was told by a folkhealer that her condition may have been caused by a curse.
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A folkhealer may be a highly trained person who pursues his specialties, learning by study, observation and imitation.
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The influence attained by folk healers was double-edged.
The two collections of essays present the findings of research into midwives, folk healers, matchmakers, witches and women's religious communities.
The state, whether colonial or post-colonial, could not realistically drive folk healers out of existence without providing many more physicians to take their place.
Their ranks are filled by folk healers, indigenous spirits, and folk heroes.
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Female shamans outnumbered male shamans, and women were usually only examined by women folk healers.
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Ironically enough, there was universal reliance on folk healers but clients often turned them in if something went wrong.
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Ministers were often thought to have obtained it through their studies at university; it is not coincidence that ministers' wives often functioned as folk healers in rural communities.
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