Folklore of the Day

[Amy Wilson]

Greetings, friends!

Today, an ancient Irish folk remedy for the "falling sickness" (what we know
as epilepsy):

Take nine pieces of a dead man's skull, grind them to a powder, and mix them
with a decoction of wall rue.  Give the patient a spoonful of this mixture
every morning fasting, till the whole potion is swallowed.  None must be left,
or the dead man will come to look for the pieces of his skull.


Cheers!  :)
Catelin the Patient
"joyful noise"