Cures. Do you believe in them?

[FermPundit]

We were having a discussion in work this week about the merits of cures. Quite a number of people argued they believe in them and have received many cures over the years for a variety of things such as warts to toothaches to cures for the shingles.

The site below lists a number of Irish folk cures.

http://www.tryskelion.com/tryskelion/folklore.htm

I was wondering what would the general consensus be among the members of the board. Do you believe in cures?

[pintsofguinness]

Nah I think it's silly.

[gerry]

believe in some as they have being handed down for generations in the same family and then you have some crack pot who reckon they have the cure for everything

[Shamrock Shore]

What about the special prayers that some folk inherit but cannot divulge to the great unwashed?

In 1974 or so when I was a gossun I had an abscesed tooth that a dentist hauled out. It bled and bled and bled after I left his evil graps. Bled all night. Didn't sleep. Mother doing her nut with worry.

Mother takes me to a neighbour at 9 am, now long since dead, and she whispers a prayer over me.

2 mins later it stopped.

So I am a believer.

[Square Ball]

if we had an option of, some of them, that might help.

the Potato curing warts one worked

[ziggysego]

Of course I do. Seen them cure many things.

[The Real Laoislad]

I had the shingles as a child, I went to a faith healer and I didn't take any other treatment
She cleared them up within a few sessions of going to her,so yes I believe in them

[FermPundit]

I had the shingles as a child, I went to a faith healer and I didn't take any other treatment
She cleared them up within a few sessions of going to her,so yes I believe in them

I had the shingles when I was about 15 and I got a cure which worked within a week. The first cure I think I had was for eczema when I was a young child.

[The Real Laoislad]

I had the shingles as a child, I went to a faith healer and I didn't take any other treatment
She cleared them up within a few sessions of going to her,so yes I believe in them

I had the shingles when I was about 15 and I got a cure which worked within a week. The first cure I think I had was for eczema when I was a young child.

Was your cure in the form of a concoction of ingredients or a faith healer?

[Tyrones own]

Absolutely believe in Faith healers, my 3 siblings were cured of celiac as children,
poor old lad that cured them was beaten to death a few years later..broke in looking
for money as they thought he'd have a rake of it, people did come from all over to see him
alright but all he would take was a loaf of bread or 2 lb sugar or the like, God rest him..

[maggie]

I had shingles this year and was given the name of a man that had the 'cure'.
I didnt even have to go and visit-just rang him and a few days later was much better.
I am a strong believer in them but some ppl just see it as b*llshit.
Each to their own but i think theres something in it.

[stiffler]

Absolutely believe in Faith healers, my 3 siblings were cured of celiac as children,
poor old lad that cured them was beaten to death a few years later..broke in looking
for money as they thought he'd have a rake of it, people did come from all over to see him
alright but all he would take was a loaf of bread or 2 lb sugar or the like, God rest him..

sad story, theres some scumbags about.

[Hardy]

I have no time for them after what one of them did to me. I had a boil under my oxter one time and I was advised to go to the seventh son of the seventh son of the man that ate the badger. He muttered a few words over me and I was dead in an hour.

[pintsofguinness]

Id shingles a few years ago too, I went to the dr. I remember he had a look at it and give me cream (i think), I dont know if it was the cream or his powers but they were gone in a few days. 

[The Real Laoislad]

Id shingles a few years ago too, I went to the dr. I remember he had a look at it and give me cream (i think), I dont know if it was the cream or his powers but they were gone in a few days. 

They weren't shingles that was the clap you had