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Hi Sam I used to call at a womans house and it reeked of Beecham's Powder she used to buy
a couple of packets every week and I still don't know what it was suppose to cure.
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C_C_T
on May 16, 2011 at 11:57 PM
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The sight of the bottle made me feel ill Taps.
posted by
C_C_T
on May 16, 2011 at 11:53 PM
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Re: When my Mama didn't have transportation available and I was having
Well Ray a gypsy once told me they ate it in a sandwich for colds I have inhaled it over a bowl of hot water at times. Everything seems to be unsafe for some reason.
posted by
C_C_T
on May 16, 2011 at 11:52 PM
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I hated Cod Liver Oil. Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!
For years I couldn't eat a fresh orange because Mama would always give us a slice to suck on after a spoonful of the stuff to help take the taste away and I associated the taste of it with the orange.
posted by
TAPS.
on May 16, 2011 at 10:28 PM
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Ah, the homemade remedies; how I have wanted to ditch them, too! This was very entertaining! sam
posted by
sam444
on May 16, 2011 at 4:49 PM
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When my Mama didn't have transportation available and I was having
an asthma attack with no inhalers handy, she would treat me with Vicks rub. I loved the smell of it. My doc says that is a big no-no nowadays but it did keep me breathing..
Great poem, CC!..:)
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Raye09
on May 16, 2011 at 11:38 AM
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Re: Eh, bad feeling
Can't waste things these days Ariala.
posted by
C_C_T
on May 16, 2011 at 11:36 AM
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Re: CHIFFCHAFF
Hi Wiley what is romance a fairground in the mind, well you hit the jackpot.
posted by
C_C_T
on May 16, 2011 at 11:32 AM
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Now I have got it
out of my system FS . Thank you
posted by
C_C_T
on May 16, 2011 at 11:30 AM
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Re: I used to put the food underneath the carpet square in my bedroom
Naughty girl you were lucky to have food.
posted by
C_C_T
on May 16, 2011 at 11:29 AM
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Eh, bad feeling
posted by
Ariala
on May 16, 2011 at 10:37 AM
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CHIFFCHAFF
I sure am happy I never had to take any of that ipecacuanha. I would've barfed just seeing the bottle. That was a different poem from your normal romantic ones old chap.
posted by
WileyJohn
on May 16, 2011 at 9:53 AM
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No fun it is to be sick. I hope that the speaker feels better.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on May 16, 2011 at 9:47 AM
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I used to put the food underneath the carpet square in my bedroom
when I was sick. I did get into trouble.
posted by
Kabu
on May 16, 2011 at 8:44 AM
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I expect they remembered what their own mothers did Lion excuse me .
posted by
C_C_T
on May 16, 2011 at 8:10 AM
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I can imagine Jay When I felt ill my siblings kept shouting tadpoles and I kept imagining them coming out of frog spawn that I had one let run through my hands and then had gone down with jaundice.
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C_C_T
on May 16, 2011 at 8:09 AM
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And cod liver oil Taps and don't have vinegar it dries your blood. I so loved vinegar
posted by
C_C_T
on May 16, 2011 at 8:05 AM
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Bring them on Bill
posted by
C_C_T
on May 16, 2011 at 8:03 AM
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funny how most mums had a remedy that was worse than the disease, isn't it? Great poem - you brought back memories
posted by
lionreign
on May 16, 2011 at 8:01 AM
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My mom made me take something called calcadine, a little black pill you had to chew tasted like sin and she me made me open my mouth to make sure it was gone...it's a wonder we made it through.
posted by
UtahJay
on May 16, 2011 at 5:16 AM
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This sure brings back memories of my childhood and Mama's home remedies before the days of antibiotics.
posted by
TAPS.
on May 16, 2011 at 5:02 AM
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Z You solve any issue in a poem sir. BC-A, Bill’s RJLst
posted by
BC-A
on May 16, 2011 at 2:42 AM
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