Court clerk also cares for 'mad stone'
A Canadian court clerk has discovered her job also includes looking after a local curiosity dubbed the Mad Stone.
Essex County Circuit Court's new clerk Gayle Ashworth has become keeper of the stone which has been in the area for more than 200 years, and has been said to cure rabies and heal animal bites.
According to legend, the stone arrived in Essex County, Vancouver, in 1781 when resident John Tabb accepted a Chinese Snake Stone as payment from a traveller for room, board and medical treatment.
Tabb used the stone to heal a friend's spider bites and the legend was born. When the stone was allegedly used to cure rabies, it was renamed the Mad Stone.
