What is a "stye"?
Correct answer: A painful bacterial infection of an oil gland in the eyelid

Kiwozzie
An old wive's tale said rubbing a wedding ring on them would "cure" them, but my Mother used Golden Eye Ointment on us.

Pennie
in the United States a pig pen is also called a sty.

Tara Tippy.
Kiwozzie, My elders told me that too.

Excuse the Kuz
My stunningly beautiful wife is a hypochondriac. She thinks she's getting a stye serval times a month. She never actually gets them, but life's a journey, not a destination.

Dorothy
I had a sty once in 79 years.

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Pennie,
As it is in the U.K. and probably the English speaking world.

Sassy
Allan in two and a half men sitcom got one when a witch put a spell on him.