Lying miracles helped to open the eyes of Huss still farther, and to aid his movement. In the church at Wilsnack, near the lower Elbe, there was a pretended relic of the blood of Christ. Many wonderful cures were reported to have been done by the holy blood. People flocked thither, not only out of the neighbouring countries, but also from those at a greater distance Poland, Hungary, and even Scandinavia. In Bohemia itself there were not >wanting numerous pilgrims who went to Wilsnack to visit the wonderful relic. Many doubts were expressed about the efficacy of the blood. The Archbishop of Prague appointed a commission of three masters, among whom was Huss, to investigate the affair, and to inquire into the truth of the miracles said to have been wrought. The of the persons on whom the alleged miracles had been performed, proved that they were simply impostures. One boy was said to have had a sore foot cured by the blood of Wilsnack, but the foot on examination was found, instead of being cured, to be worse than before. Two blind women blood; but, on being questioned, they confessed that they had had sore eyes, but had never been blind; and so as regarded other alleged cures. [From J.A. Wylies History of Protestantism]

And Modern Miracles:

Lourdes!  More Popish Popery!

As I was reading the first part about "Lying miracles"  I recalled to mind the tale of someone I knew.  Its the same woman,  who from now on shall just be called "The Belly crawler"  from This makes me Angry! Blag.   She said she was a catholic.  But then she joined in anything that  had organaztion to it.  Suchas  pretending to be not be able to walk,  gave her some status.   But anyway,  every year,  she took a tour to Lourde's for healing.   And every year she still came back sat in her wheelchair and  carrying on as if nothing much had changed. In fact as if nothing had changed.  Which of course,  superstistion would not change anything at all.  But this year when the  story of her getting up in her confusion after a seizure happened after returning from one of these seeking healing trips at Lourdes.  So,  I did say to her,  I was glad that the trip had been sooo successful and she was now better!  This is the relevant bit from the post  referenced above in question.  Miraculous or what? 

"I used to go to a club for disabled people, both physically disabled and other types of disabilities.  And there was a woman there.  She had epilepsy and sat in a wheelchair.  When the ring and ride bus came to pick her up,  and put her on the bus on the tail-lift she never transferred from her wheelchair into a normal seat as those who can are supposed to, to make more room for  those totally wheelchair bound.  She was a big woman.  Though probably younger than I.   If we went out anywhere, and the bathroom facilities were not wheelchair friendly,  she would get down on her belly , and crawl in there,  and the same out.  So, I and others assumed she was pretty badly physically disabled, and couldn't walk.  Then about three years ago, one night she had an epileptic seizure, and in the confusion of mind she had after the seizure,  she then got up onto her feet and marched off so far and so fast, that people had to get in their cars to go after her.   That's how much she needed her wheelchair.  And it happened multiple times after that.  But after each time,  when she regained her marbles from the the seizure,  she then retook her place in her wheelchair, as if rooted in it by glue,  until the next time she seized."  (from May 27th 2004 on this blag)