CREDITON Area History and Museum Society has a tradition of staging some fantastic exhibitions, and it has certainly lived up to this with its latest exhibition.

Local customs and traditions are a focus of the new exhibition entitled “Customs, Charms and Cures”.

It includes details of how people used charms to protect themselves and cures which pre-date modern medicine.

If you’ve ever eaten pancakes on Shrove Tuesday; crossed your fingers or touched wood; or rubbed dock leaves on nettle stings; you’ve done something that our ancestors have been doing for hundreds of years.

There are other traditions which might be remembered through sayings, songs and rhymes.

The exhibition includes everything for the family to enjoy, from the youngest to the oldest!

It opened at Crediton Museum on Wednesday, April 3 and will be open every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am to 4pm – and every Saturday from 11am to 2pm – until Saturday, October 26.Don’t miss it, and as ever, admission is free, donations welcome.

Mark and Tracey Norman and The Folklore Library and Archive helped with the exhibition, pictured with The Black Dog. AQ 9397
Mark and Tracey Norman and The Folklore Library and Archive helped with the exhibition, pictured with The Black Dog. AQ 9397 (Tindle)
Looking at part of the display. AQ 9408
Looking at part of the display. AQ 9408 (Tindle)
This week in folklore looked at local sayings. AQ 9380
This week in folklore looked at local sayings. AQ 9380 (Tindle)
Local Customs and Traditions are featured as part of the exhibition. AQ 9377
Local Customs and Traditions are featured as part of the exhibition. AQ 9377 (Tindle)
The mystery of holes in stones is explained in the exhibition. AQ 9414
The mystery of holes in stones is explained in the exhibition. AQ 9414 (Tindle)
Agricultural superstitions are featured in the History and Museum Society exhibition. AQ 9404
Agricultural superstitions are featured in the History and Museum Society exhibition. AQ 9404 (Tindle)
Corn dollies and countryman’s favours are explained in the exhibition. AQ 9390
Corn dollies and countryman’s favours are explained in the exhibition. AQ 9390 (Tindle)
The Black Dog is included in the exhibition. AQ 9374
The Black Dog is included in the exhibition. AQ 9374 (Tindle)
Some aspects of witchcraft are included. AQ 9410
Some aspects of witchcraft are included. AQ 9410 (Tindle)
A view of part of the exhibition. AQ 9371
A view of part of the exhibition. AQ 9371 (Tindle)