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False Face sickness
An ailment incurred by lack of respect for the
False Face masks or the
Faces of the Forests. Symptoms include the obvious mooning face (swelling); eye and ear inflammation, nose bleeds and toothaches. The mask that cause the illness can also cure the illness when worn by the patient.
[Northeast Woodlands, Iroquois]