Sentences with phrase «folk traditions claim»

The plant is also used topically to treat skin conditions such as eczema, and folk traditions claim it can be used as a hangover cure and aphrodisiac, although little scientific evidence exists to support such uses.

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Roberta Smith of The Times, who often singles out new work touched by native traditions, has called for fully integrating folk art and Americana into museum displays of past decades, much as another show has claimed outsider art in Switzerland as an inspiration for Abstract Expressionism.