Show A Cure for All Evils In certain parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire In England tho Idea prevails that a silver coin from the Christmas morning offertory Is a sovereign ereign remedy for any ill that human flesh Is heir to Accordingly any householder who happens to have an ailing child or other person In the house hies him to the clergyman of the parish on Christmas morning and asks as a favor a sacrament shilling The coin given In exchange has to be obtained by collecting a dozen pennies from as many different maidens and then changing the coppers for a silver shilling For this coin the applicant receives tho coveted sacrament sbtl ling which on being taken home Is hung round the ailing ones neck and is popularly supposed to effect a rapid and complete euro of the complaint no matter what it may be |