Keeping healthy during the corona crisis

We collected answers from our network of correspondents on their health and economic situation during the lockdown of spring 2020. We received 36 answers via online survey, e-mail, snail mail and a group of life story writes active under the Estonian Folklore Archives. The majority of respondents stayed healthy with constant connections to family and friends, walks in nature and hand work, reading etc. A few respondents from younger generation admitted to have experienced anxiety during the lockdown. Most respondents had families bringing them food or had their own supplies, especially people from remote corners of the country. People used over-the counter medicine, some folk medicine to cure cold (tea, garlic, breathing in potato steam), but had trouble with their teeth since getting to dentist was tricky. There was some fear of catching Covid, especially if chronic illnesses would have brought the respondents to hospital. The general mood of the respondents remained positive, however. In addition, Covid-related folklore was collected on the Facebook page of our archive.