While some remedies now have a strange effect, other solutions are strikingly recognizable. Little monks, for example, also had to learn to count. They did this with similar story sums as those they now receive in primary school. And the shepherds’ practice of rubbing salt on a sheep’s butt to keep them from wandering off might just work. “After all, sheep like to lick salt, so if this sheep takes its own turn, other sheep will undoubtedly follow her so that she doesn’t get lost on her own.”
Medieval solutions to everyday problems: put a goat’s brain through a gold ring
