Household Folklore and Tips

Subject: RE: Household Folklore and Tips
From: catspaw49
Date: 06 Sep 00 - 12:20 PM

....Gator?........In your tub?..........Right then..............geeziz................

HOUSEHOLD TIP: Its always nice for others if you give a courtesy flush before you finish. This is not considered to be a waste of water.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Household Folklore and Tips
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 10:22 AM

Dont kill spiders, I like spiders

Subject: RE: Household Folklore and Tips
From: Gareth
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 03:31 PM

Drinking rough Cider (Applejack) is the perfect cough cure.

Two pints and you darn't cough.

Gareth

Subject: RE: Household Folklore and Tips
From: wysiwyg
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 03:37 PM

According to my book of folk cures, they used to "cure" someone of the drink by locking them up with only bread and water, the bread being soaked in diluted alcohol and the water containing a bit of alcohol as well if I recall right.

The outcome is supposed to be that the "patient" becomes just mildly enough affected by the alcohol to avoid DTs and gets sick to the stomach on the diet, and thus this would be an early form of aversion therapy.

Supposedly, even the smell of drink after such a cure (can't recall how long it goes on!) is supposed to produce the aversion effect (strong or mild, eeew!) and the "patient" therefore avoids establishments where the smell pervades.

Not PC. Never tried it on anyone. Offered merely as a curiosity. *G*

~Susan

Subject: RE: Household Folklore and Tips
From: jaze
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 04:19 PM

This really works! If you light a small candle and put it on the counter while cutting onions-you won't shed a tear.

Subject: RE: Household Folklore and Tips
From: lady penelope
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 04:50 PM

Neutering a cat will NOT stop it spraying. I know, 'cos Mungo still sprays away whenever we get an intruding cat. Also the vet told us when we got him neutered that it wouldn't necessarily do anything about the spraying. But deffinately avoid using cleaners with an ammonia or chlorine base.

Am I missing something? Elise, your friend had a gecko that talked? The little lizardy things? Am I the only one that thinks possibly her problem may have been chemical? Or is it just me being clueless?

HP sauce cleans brass and copper and coal tar based shampoos clean silver jewellry up a treat.

If you polish your formica tops after you clean them, it helps to stop tea and coffee stains.

Cats can't stand neat lavender oil, keeps them off everything!

Apparently my grandad Ward used to make a cough linctus from vinegar wine, a bulb of garlic, brown sugar and a large amount of paprika. You boil everything up together, till the cloves go soft, leave it to cool and then drink about 2 table spoons ( 50 mls ) every few hours. I think it scares the cough away. My brother just likes to drink it 'cos he likes the taste!!!!

TTFN M'Lady P.

Subject: RE: Household Folklore and Tips
From: lady penelope
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 04:51 PM

Neutering a cat will NOT stop it spraying. I know, 'cos Mungo still sprays away whenever we get an intruding cat. Also the vet told us when we got him neutered that it wouldn't necessarily do anything about the spraying. But deffinately avoid using cleaners with an ammonia or chlorine base.

Am I missing something? Elise, your friend had a gecko that talked? The little lizardy things? Am I the only one that thinks possibly her problem may have been chemical? Or is it just me being clueless?

HP sauce cleans brass and copper and coal tar based shampoos clean silver jewellry up a treat.

If you polish your formica tops after you clean them, it helps to stop tea and coffee stains.

Cats can't stand neat lavender oil, keeps them off everything!

Apparently my grandad Ward used to make a cough linctus from vinegar wine, a bulb of garlic, brown sugar and a large amount of paprika. You boil everything up together, till the cloves go soft, leave it to cool and then drink about 2 table spoons ( 50 mls ) every few hours. I think it scares the cough away. My brother just likes to drink it 'cos he likes the taste!!!!

TTFN M'Lady P.

Subject: RE: Household Folklore and Tips
From: lady penelope
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 04:52 PM

Neutering a cat will NOT stop it spraying. I know, 'cos Mungo still sprays away whenever we get an intruding cat. Also the vet told us when we got him neutered that it wouldn't necessarily do anything about the spraying. But deffinately avoid using cleaners with an ammonia or chlorine base.

Am I missing something? Elise, your friend had a gecko that talked? The little lizardy things? Am I the only one that thinks possibly her problem may have been chemical? Or is it just me being clueless?

HP sauce cleans brass and copper and coal tar based shampoos clean silver jewellry up a treat.

If you polish your formica tops after you clean them, it helps to stop tea and coffee stains.

Cats can't stand neat lavender oil, keeps them off everything!

Apparently my grandad Ward used to make a cough linctus from vinegar wine, a bulb of garlic, brown sugar and a large amount of paprika. You boil everything up together, till the cloves go soft, leave it to cool and then drink about 2 table spoons ( 50 mls ) every few hours. I think it scares the cough away. My brother just likes to drink it 'cos he likes the taste!!!!

TTFN M'Lady P.

Subject: RE: Household Folklore and Tips
From: lady penelope
Date: 03 Sep 01 - 04:53 PM

Neutering a cat will NOT stop it spraying. I know, 'cos Mungo still sprays away whenever we get an intruding cat. Also the vet told us when we got him neutered that it wouldn't necessarily do anything about the spraying. But deffinately avoid using cleaners with an ammonia or chlorine base.

Am I missing something? Elise, your friend had a gecko that talked? The little lizardy things? Am I the only one that thinks possibly her problem may have been chemical? Or is it just me being clueless?

HP sauce cleans brass and copper and coal tar based shampoos clean silver jewellry up a treat.

If you polish your formica tops after you clean them, it helps to stop tea and coffee stains.

Cats can't stand neat lavender oil, keeps them off everything!

Apparently my grandad Ward used to make a cough linctus from vinegar wine, a bulb of garlic, brown sugar and a large amount of paprika. You boil everything up together, till the cloves go soft, leave it to cool and then drink about 2 table spoons ( 50 mls ) every few hours. I think it scares the cough away. My brother just likes to drink it 'cos he likes the taste!!!!

TTFN M'Lady P.