Highland Moors, Llandrindod Wells

Feb 11, 2014

Chicken cure for epilepsy


Epileptics carrying chickens used to beat a path to Llandegla, Denbighshire, when it was thought that the holy well of St Tegla ...

could cure them. The ritual involved reciting the Lord's Prayer while circling the well at sunset, followed by sleeping under the communion table in the church - with the Bible as a pillow. The well's reputation for healing may go back to Roman times. For more information, scan the HistoryPoints QR codes by the well, or click here.