Interview a family member – grandmother, grandfather, great-aunt, great uncle, aunt, uncle, mother, father or other relative – the older the better. Ask them and report:
1. What did they do to maintain health/HEALTH? What did their mothers or fathers do?
2. What did they do to protect health/HEALTH? What did their mothers or fathers do?
3. What did they do to restore health/HEALTH? What did their mothers or fathers do?
4. Do they wear, carry, or hang in their home objects that protect their HEALTH and home?
5. Do they follow a particular dietary regimen or refrain from eating taboo foods?
6. What home remedies do they use to restore health/HEALTH? What did their mothers or fathers use?
7. What are their traditional beliefs regarding pregnancy and childbirth? How do their religious/spiritual beliefs define birth? What rituals accompany this event?
8. What are their traditional beliefs regarding dying and death? How do their religious/spritiau7l beliefs define death? What rituals accompany this event?
9. Are there shrines or sacred places that are a part of your tradition or that you have visited? Are there sacred objects that you or your family may have hung in your home, placed on your bed, or worn?
