Middletown transcript., 1872-03-23

U.9Io1soD04 IMvolvo1 hoepS bo4 - moe
sloply 6la6o ~ - eo1nlcn = ~ 81
ee9osalaoosD 4 hves 4 Jshneso hoviae
~ pssssden5s = 0hatsopsss y ohsss
paesa6ss. AZ asy fo(e, Numbss osssn
y very mueh hossfsd " aeek sompasiseo.
NJ - lsesl ssslsss anose 49, -
aeslasless u Nsmtes Seven Y thae WA
~ seventh -. whesves H. ~ eood
lSsluos y - ~ father u sesea boys, -
peoislly lf ~ Risl iosesveue 10 break lie
eoasiuuity u the sssioo. 4 70 = somepaau.
latsd sthWish. LIT him uot tolk about
to- nasy olive -bsanshce 10 his eatdsu, o.
too masy arrows 10 bic quivss. Or ~
nasy little folks around Sic table; Bib
.svsoth boy uill b The wonder. u The
district asound Orlssus. 10 Resnes. .
sovsnth sou. without daughtef iuisrvsu-
ing. h called mareou. His body 10 Tor
10 supposed By The psssantry TO bs) mark
I'd In some spot or other With = Hsur.de.
liz. II patient suffering under the kine's
evil touch the ncur.de.lis. Of IL tho msrcou
breath upon him tho mslsdy disappesrs.
" st least there is 20 great popular
faith that II will do 70. that the country
psOpIs will como from places far any vide
10 visit = maroon. About fifteen ycsrs q.
70 tl,ers was Que Of these persons nsmed
Foulcu. . cooper. q Grimes. Who vas
greatly sought for his rcpu.ed healing
powders, especially in Holy Week. and
more especially on Good Friday, when his
patients reached the nua,ber VI four or
dvc hundred. Az 10 tho origin Of the
name kings evil = manuscript 10 the Uni
vcrsiiy library n Cambridge tells Us that
" the kings of Ensland aud Frauce by u
peculiar guilt cure tho king's-evil BY
touching them with their hands aud 90
doth the seaventh eoune." II is some
thing to soy that seventh son. in this
matter. is ss good as king. Mr.. Height.
10y has found among the Welsh folk lore
an account Of family famous 10 this
way. "Joucs was their name. and they
lived At q palace called Muddf. In them
was said to have originated the tradition
Of tic seventh son. or Sep,imus, being
born for the healing art as for many gen.
erniions seven sons we're regularly born in
each family the seventh Of whom became
the doctor. aud wonderful IN his profes.
siou." Steele jcsted at this belief Gen.
tury and uhalf ago. in sarcastic relation to
another Of the troubles with which men
are occasionally visited: Tipstaff. be-
ing a seventh son, used TO cure the kings.
evil, but bis rascally descendants are 50
far from having that healing quality. ,ba,
BY touch upon the shonldrr they give a
man such IN III habit Of body that he can
never come abroad aherwurd."
But IL there happen 60 be a seventh son
Of . seventh son. the curative powers arc
much more maryclous. Mr.. Carlton, In
his story Of the Black Prophet, says the
lri,h peasautry entertain very undoub,.
ing faith in the reality Of these powcrs
10 Cornwall the belief Is. in like manner.
cntcrtaine l; the ordeal being that the
gifted person should thrice gently stroke
the part affected. thrice blow on il, and
repeat certain words. At Bristol, some
years ago. n tradcsmnn was regularly cal
led DIR. So-and-so, simply because he was
the seventh son Of seventh son, aud
without any relation to his actual trade
Eerly 10 tho present century man pcram-
bulstcd the rural districts Of Hampshire to
cure the blind, the sick. and the lame.
Numerous cures we're nscribed to him.
and he had quito large collection ol
cruschcs and walking sticks. said to have
been left BY his patients who had no long
" any need far them. How much was
deception. and how much due to tho i'm
plicit faith placed in him BY the ignorant.
i might have been difficult to decide; bu,
he was held in much ave and respect on
account Of his claim TO BE- tho seventh son
Of . seventh son. At Plymouth. on a
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