The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Unicorn on September 08, 2009, 02:32:30 pm
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Reading another post ::)
It reminded me of all those old cures our parents and grandparents subjected us to as kids...
You know, we may just need them in the future - so why not share them, good, bad, and downright
discusting ones ;D ;D
Here Goes:
To cure a sore throat - safety pin a sweaty sock around your neck.
After mum doing this to me with dads sock once - I never ever got another sore throat - it works that well ;D
Certainy fell asleep quicker too with all those nauseaus gassess ;D ;D ;D
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I remember the goose grease for your chest, although we only ever had a goose once ;D ;D, I remember the burners for whoping cough or soar throats, not sure what they were called either, a cross between, Fry's balsam, Eucalyptus, Vic and camphor, cause the good old chicken soup, and honey and lemon are still going strong!!
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Does anyone remember a nasty substance called yellow baselackin? - I think the spelling is wrong, but I had an old lady living next to me many years ago who said she was descended from gypsies and they used it for everything, I just remember having yellow sticky stuff plastered on everything I did to myself, whether it was a bruise or a cut!!
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No, I am sure someone will, there was some strange cure alls then, I remember an elderly Aunt having Indi Bran!! a bottle of some sort of tonic, never tasted it!! she also used to put some other tonic in her hair, so did my ex!!! Bay Rum!
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I had an ex with the same complaint, though he felt it was cured better with whiskey - must be something to do with the alcohol content ::)
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I remember yellow basilica!! Yep was put on everything ;D
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My Grandmother had loads of remedies, some pleasant ! others not so :o I have some of her old vet books which have some very strange equine cure's - most involving a dose of lead (to the head) :o
Cold cure (for humans) - Elderberry Rob (sp?) Boil up elderberries with local honey, strain into bottles. Mixed with a tot of brandy certainly helps colds and sore throats ;D
Warts :( - rub with a small piece of raw meat for three morning before getting out of bed, on the third day bury in the garden (must be on a full moon). By the time the meat has rotted the wart will be gone :o
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My mother used to make us a hot todie (spelt wrong I think ) made up from a drop of whisky, honey and hot water. We were given this for a bad cold and sore throat. Still take it to this day but add more whisky ;D she was always rubbing our chest with warm vic again for a cold or steaming us with the stuff added to hot water. rubbing nettle stings with a docken leaf :)
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Here's one that I still use: For a sore throat; put a spoon full of apple cider vinegar in a half cup of water and gargle, then swallow. It will take the soreness away very quickly. And apple cider vinegar is so good for you anyway, we normally drink a spoon full each day.
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I used to get a lump of butter rolled in sugar to suck if I had a tickly cough. No wonder I have fillings.
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My Mum did the lump of butter in sugar thing too - much better than dads =sock ;D ;D ;D
We had Indian Brandee for Stomach upsets, and I had to have a spoon full of this awful sticky
stuff every morning because I was too thin and it was supposed to build you up. I cannot
remember what it was but it was like black treacle in a funny jar.
The other thing daddy used to make me do was drink the cabbage water that the cabbage had been
boiled in - he swore it made you big and strong.
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Was it malt - the black sticky stuff? My Dad used to get malt - God knows what it is - and we had a spoonful every morning. It was disgusting. He used to ive it to the dog too, but she liked it.
Mum used to give me Minadex vitamin syrup. More dental caries!
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We used to gt malt extract - Virol. I absolutely loved it then but I have serious beliefs that it caused my sister and I to become overweight and never be able to lose that extra fat. It's either that or the two kids we both had. Or maybe our family genes - mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother were all overweight too! Hmmm................
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we had Fennels "Little Liver Pills" during the winter. they were supposed to be preventative but I don't know if they worked.
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We had cod liver oil, my brother loved it but I it...fishy burps :-[ I remember Germaline was put on everything, loved the smell but how greasy it was, all the dirt stuck to it!!! I also remember having a very bad cough and given something that tasted like creasote! I think it was ;)
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I remember the goose grease for your chest, although we only ever had a goose once ;D ;D, I remember the burners for whoping cough or soar throats, not sure what they were called either, a cross between, Fry's balsam, Eucalyptus, Vic and camphor, cause the good old chicken soup, and honey and lemon are still going strong!!
When i was young mum used this on me but the thing was now as a 'balsam oil burner' in our family not sure the proper name
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Warts :( - rub with a small piece of raw meat for three morning before getting out of bed, on the third day bury in the garden (must be on a full moon). By the time the meat has rotted the wart will be gone :o
Something similar for me but it was a cut in half tatty maybe it down to different areas being from south Wales
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docks on nettle stings like some one has said.
My nan remedy to everything was sweetheart stoat or Macinsons *blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh*
Even when i was younger i can remember her trying to 'force feed me it'
I'll ask tam his aunties remedies once the football match has finished lol
Patrolieum jelly was a cure all.
A nice cuppa tea sorted many a illness for nan.
infered heat lamp.
Dad's mum was a pint of heavily salted water if he complained of feeling sick, drunk straight down.
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Yes Rosemary - it was that malt extract, I can't remember the name on the bottle, but it was huge, and I used to be wishing it was empty all the time, cause I hated the stuff, but I was only a wee tot at the time ;D
Also remember my Dad trying to get me to drink raw eggs - couldnt do it though - yuck
We used to have some really smelly stuff that I loved the smell of, to get the sticky bit of those
old fashioned sticky plasters off your leg, I always had cut knees - lived outside either on roller skates
or my bike - scabby knees haha - I think it was a sort of Ether - I know it got banned and you cannot buy
it now.
Eye drops - hated them - we always got styes on our eyes when we were kids, horrid things, everyone at school had them on and off all our childhood - don't see it now - it must have been a deficiency thing or something in the water pre chlorine that caused them maybe???
The sandman too, whatever happened to him - was it cause we slept in drafty places? Cold? Damp?
My daughter never had the sandman visit her and sticky her eyes up all the time lol ;D ;D ;D
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eye styes mum used to use her gold ring, rub on it and then it would go away.
I think i used to get them because my hair was wild and untaimable (still is) and hair went in my eyes all the time. Why i wear a hat most of the time lol
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I had loads of freckles on my nose and face when I was little
and once I was 13 or 14 I wished I could get rid of them.
A friend told me that if you put lemon juice on them, they would fade - so
I smelt of lemon juice for a while - never noticed much difference though ;D ;D ;D