tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646211960944547995.post5071380780164136077..comments2024-01-02T02:35:48.784-05:00Comments on Rusty2rusty's Chatter: Ireland And Its FolkloreSandy Segurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13600863093410601445noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646211960944547995.post-43098329707317546052015-03-11T21:51:28.629-04:002015-03-11T21:51:28.629-04:00At least the Irish came up with creative explanati...At least the Irish came up with creative explanations for the diseases they didn't know how to prevent or cure...the "changelings" were people with brain damage or major mental illness. (And celiacs who could pig out and lose weight were said to be haunted by ghosts who were somehow able to digest all that food...)Priscilla Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564805564265436613noreply@blogger.com