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falling sickness
falling sickness
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Word History and Origins
Origin of falling sickness1
First recorded in 1520–30
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Example Sentences
The parents of a maid who suffered severely from the falling sickness applied to him, on one occasion, for a cure.
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But when shaking him and roaring at him failed to rouse him, I knew well it was the falling sickness.
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Lupton says: "A piece of child's navel-string borne in a ring is good against falling sickness."
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It was a sickness, I believe, like the falling-sickness that comes to old men; and in time I grew better and dreamed no more.
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These rings were supposed to cure cramp and the "falling sickness."
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