Let's continue on with some more of the old days remedy's----hey I'm trying to save you some money here!!! I have decided one thing for sure, had I been subjected to most of these treatments--NO ONE would have EVER known if I was ailing in any way!!
CUTS-- Let your BEST dog lick any cut that you may have. This is a quick and sure cure for the cut...
COLDS----Starve a cold and stuff a fever--Cross a creek backwards..(I bet crossing the creek did the trick!)
HEADACHES---10 sniffs from a pair of dirty socks should do it...(I think that I
had much rather cross the creek).
CHICKEN POX--- This is a good one y'all .... For the chicken pox--undress your child and roll him under the chicken roost...This is suppose to stop the itching...
Doesn't it seem to you like the chickens played a huge roll in the old days such as eating the wart seed,providing the "droppings" beneath the roost, providing the feathers for pillows and feather beds, not to mention the eggs for cooking and of course the unfortunate chicken that had it's head rung off and than was fried southern style!!
The last treatment is for:
If your eyes feel tired or sore, lay down and close your eyes and rub Vick's on the eye lids..Keep them closed until the BURNING ends....
Just so you know---I MIGHT would have let the best dog lick my cut ---and I could starve my cold and crossed the creek backwards but no way and no how would I have smelled the dirty sock nor would I have rolled my child in the chicken Poop and I can promise you that my eyes could NEVER have gotten tired enough or sore enough for me to burn the heck out of them with Vick's!!!
Treatment's were crude and some didn't make a lick of sense but it was all they had and it was what our ancestor's were raised with....
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Home remendies
Thought that you may be interested in some of the old home remedy's from the good old days. I'll tell you one thing for sure, I would have to be sick enough to die to try these --but it was all they knew to do and the remedies were passed down from generation to generation.
Sore throat-- Make a poultice of Kerosene, turpentine & pure lard & place this on your neck. In 5 minutes you will be able to taste the kerosene in your throat, and the cure will have begun. Then take 2 to 3 drops of kerosene oil in a spoon with a pinch of sugar--swallow this to complete the treatment. ( I wonder if the people that took this treatment stayed away from any open flames??)
Ear aches--Heat in oven either salt or cornmeal. Tie it up in a soft bag or sock and apply to hurting ear. Mom made many of these for me as a child because I had a lot of ear aches--after smelling the hot cornmeal all night I would wake up wanting cornbread that day. The heat did ease the pain some.
How to get rid of a seed wart--Are you ready for this???
The directions say to pick at the seed wart with a needle to make it bleed, get one of the seeds and feed it to a chicken, and the wart will go away!!! Now don't you just have to wonder how on earth ANYONE could come up with this---don't ask me if it works--I'm just passing these things along....
Sore throat-- Make a poultice of Kerosene, turpentine & pure lard & place this on your neck. In 5 minutes you will be able to taste the kerosene in your throat, and the cure will have begun. Then take 2 to 3 drops of kerosene oil in a spoon with a pinch of sugar--swallow this to complete the treatment. ( I wonder if the people that took this treatment stayed away from any open flames??)
Ear aches--Heat in oven either salt or cornmeal. Tie it up in a soft bag or sock and apply to hurting ear. Mom made many of these for me as a child because I had a lot of ear aches--after smelling the hot cornmeal all night I would wake up wanting cornbread that day. The heat did ease the pain some.
How to get rid of a seed wart--Are you ready for this???
The directions say to pick at the seed wart with a needle to make it bleed, get one of the seeds and feed it to a chicken, and the wart will go away!!! Now don't you just have to wonder how on earth ANYONE could come up with this---don't ask me if it works--I'm just passing these things along....
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Soda Pop
Enjoying a soft drink was a treat for people when I was young or at least it was in our part of the country. We called them soda pop, and there were brands and flavors that have been gone a long time----darn that makes me feel old!! My favorite was a NuGrape, it was bottled in the neatest little bottle, recently while we were shopping in a antique store Freddie found a Nugrape bottle and bought it for me---a Man after my own heart giving me the old bottle--I love it.
All of us had our favorites--Jerry & Bev both liked Coke's, Mickey loved Dr. Pepper- Mike's choice was usually Root Beer and Cinda's preference was Orange Crush.
Later people quit calling them soda pop and started saying soda water---then some would say soft drink..Later it was just Coke--someone would ask if you wanted a coke and sure I did , then the orders would be for Dr. Pepper, Nugrape, 7-up anything maybe except a coke. Coke just covered ALL soft drinks. I am not sure what people call it today--I still say Coke and figure everyone knows what I mean...
Speaking of the drinks that are no longer made, reminds me of a few candy bars we loved that fell by the way side--soft peanut patty. Toppers, Jo-Boy,we liked a few others that are no longer made but I can't remember the names------(my memory is becoming a thing of the past too.)
All of us had our favorites--Jerry & Bev both liked Coke's, Mickey loved Dr. Pepper- Mike's choice was usually Root Beer and Cinda's preference was Orange Crush.
Later people quit calling them soda pop and started saying soda water---then some would say soft drink..Later it was just Coke--someone would ask if you wanted a coke and sure I did , then the orders would be for Dr. Pepper, Nugrape, 7-up anything maybe except a coke. Coke just covered ALL soft drinks. I am not sure what people call it today--I still say Coke and figure everyone knows what I mean...
Speaking of the drinks that are no longer made, reminds me of a few candy bars we loved that fell by the way side--soft peanut patty. Toppers, Jo-Boy,we liked a few others that are no longer made but I can't remember the names------(my memory is becoming a thing of the past too.)
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Summer
With the days getting really nasty and hot ( I am not a fan of hot weather) I am sure thankful for all of the air conditioning that we have today--our homes--our cars and when we shop all of the stores are cool. Not so in the old days, as I have mentioned before, at bedtime we would get our quilt and go looking for whatever breeze may be blowing into the house and that was the spot that we put down our pallet. A few people that we knew had electric fans--(they lived in town)...guess that the country folks had to be tougher or crazier to survive the heat of the summer.
The stores in town had several ceiling fans but no air conditioners. Its funny how and what you remember--like the things I so vividly recall about the drug store--from the wonderful smell of the soda fountain to the sound that the ceiling fans made--a distinct swishing sound.
You traveled with every car window down when you went anywhere--most women would tie a headscarf over their hair to try and keep it half way presentable-- - it was all to no avail. When you stepped out of that furnace called a car your hair looked like Phillis Dillards--big sweat rings were somewhere on your clothing--the ladies make-up had melted and rolled to their stomach. In general you looked like something the dog's dragged in!!
The first car air conditioner I ever saw was a round oblong tube looking thing that you stuck into your car window--rolled the window up than placed ice inside of this "object". It had a little fan that in theory blew across the ice than into the car---ahhh to be rich enough to ride in such style would have been nice!
The old days and old ways are and will always be near and dear to my heart but when it is 100 degrees plus outside I don't hesitate to enjoy the modern way of life.
Remembering how hard the work days were for people back then--never mind the weather--hot or shivering cold they had their work to get done. All of the canning the women had to do was always in the heat of summer standing over the hot stoves. Life was tough but most never complained-it was all that they knew. It is no wonder that the life span was much shorter back in those days.
The stores in town had several ceiling fans but no air conditioners. Its funny how and what you remember--like the things I so vividly recall about the drug store--from the wonderful smell of the soda fountain to the sound that the ceiling fans made--a distinct swishing sound.
You traveled with every car window down when you went anywhere--most women would tie a headscarf over their hair to try and keep it half way presentable-- - it was all to no avail. When you stepped out of that furnace called a car your hair looked like Phillis Dillards--big sweat rings were somewhere on your clothing--the ladies make-up had melted and rolled to their stomach. In general you looked like something the dog's dragged in!!
The first car air conditioner I ever saw was a round oblong tube looking thing that you stuck into your car window--rolled the window up than placed ice inside of this "object". It had a little fan that in theory blew across the ice than into the car---ahhh to be rich enough to ride in such style would have been nice!
The old days and old ways are and will always be near and dear to my heart but when it is 100 degrees plus outside I don't hesitate to enjoy the modern way of life.
Remembering how hard the work days were for people back then--never mind the weather--hot or shivering cold they had their work to get done. All of the canning the women had to do was always in the heat of summer standing over the hot stoves. Life was tough but most never complained-it was all that they knew. It is no wonder that the life span was much shorter back in those days.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)