Katharine T Kell
Biographic Data
| ID | 697849 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katharine T Kell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katharine T |
| FAMILY NAME | Kell |
| SIGNATURE | KELL K T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1956 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Folk Names for Tobacco
WHEN THE SPANISH first arrived in Central and South America following Columbus' initial voyages, they found that every newly discovered area whose inhabitants used had its own name for the plant. Not all the aborigines used tobacco, by any means. The Chilean Indians, for example, did not smoke until the Spanish introduced the custom to them; neither did the Incas of Peru. Bolivian Indians smoke very little to the present day, preferring to chew t…
Tobacco in Folk Cures in Western Society
PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT about the folklore o£ tobacco is that the white man did not know about it until after the discovery of the Western Hemisphere, although smoke-usage and even smoking of a sort had a faint parallel in Europe. Europeans had used smoke in the form of incense at least since the days of the Egyptians, and the Scythians and Thracians discovered early the narcotic effect of burning hemp seed. Hippocrates prescribed the i…
The Folklore of the Daisy
Tobacco in Folk Cures in Western Society
PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT about the folklore o£ tobacco is that the white man did not know about it until after the discovery of the Western Hemisphere, although smoke-usage and even smoking of a sort had a faint parallel in Europe. Europeans had used smoke in the form of incense at least since the days of the Egyptians, and the Scythians and Thracians discovered early the narcotic effect of burning hemp seed. Hippocrates prescribed the i…
The Folklore of the Daisy
Tobacco in Folk Cures in Western Society
PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT about the folklore o£ tobacco is that the white man did not know about it until after the discovery of the Western Hemisphere, although smoke-usage and even smoking of a sort had a faint parallel in Europe. Europeans had used smoke in the form of incense at least since the days of the Egyptians, and the Scythians and Thracians discovered early the narcotic effect of burning hemp seed. Hippocrates prescribed the i…
Folk Names for Tobacco
WHEN THE SPANISH first arrived in Central and South America following Columbus' initial voyages, they found that every newly discovered area whose inhabitants used had its own name for the plant. Not all the aborigines used tobacco, by any means. The Chilean Indians, for example, did not smoke until the Spanish introduced the custom to them; neither did the Incas of Peru. Bolivian Indians smoke very little to the present day, preferring to chew t…
Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Traditional medicine (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (1 work) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (1 work) · Folk religion (1 work) · Folklore (1 work)