Juat because a person is allergic one time doesn't mean they will be allergic another time. Especially in women. Chemistry of the body can change with pregnancy and therefore, you may not be allergic from time to time. I learned this through experience. ****** > Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:04:03 -0500 > From: Howard-Genealogy@stny.rr.com > To: nygreene@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NYGREENE] Old Cemeteries and Poison Ivy > > Jane, > > Not to be argumentative, but I have found some medical books to be > inaccurate on the subject of poison ivy. I have studied botany and taught > classes on identifying edible and poisonous plants for over 40 years. Being > an avid outdoorsman and an advanced life support emergency medical > technician for over 30 years, I can assure you that some people are immune. > That is because it is an allergic response and not everyone is allergic. > Furthermore, allergies require prior sensitization. Therefore, the first > time you are exposed there will be no reaction. > > I recall an incident about twenty years ago when I worked at a summer came > in the Adirondacks. I was with a group of campers who were playing a night > game of hide-and-seek in the woods near to where we were camping. In the > morning I saw that the entire ground were the they were hiding, lying and > rolling around was covered in poison ivy. Yet only 5 of the 12 kids ever > showed signs of the poison ivy rash. Some were "city kids" and this was > their first time in the outdoors. > > Even the famous wild foods author Euell Gibbons wrote about how he developed > resistance to poison ivy by eating the young plants when they first came out > of the ground in the spring (supposedly an old Native American cure). But be > advised, the immune system can change over time so someone who has not been > sensitive can become so later. It is always better to be safe than sorry. > > To complicate matters, there are other common plants, most notably Pastinaca > sativa, which is often found along roadsides in the northeast and is often > locally called Wild Parsnip (looks like yellow Queen Anne's Lace), can > produce what is known as phytophotodermatitis (PPD). PPD typically manifests > as a burning redness that may subsequently blister. Postinflammatory > hyperpigmentation lasting weeks to months may ensue. Simply stated, it > produces a skin irritation that is often mistaken for poison ivy exposure > yet it last a lot longer. It is triggered when skin comes into contact with > the plant and is then then exposed to sunlight. Also, this is not an > allergic reaction so anyone can get it. > > Whew! All that being said, I have seen poison ivy in several of the old > cemeteries in the Freehold, Durham, Cairo and Gayhead areas. The one in > Gayhead was probably one of the worst. So be careful when you venture out to > visit cemeteries that are not well maintained. > > Glad to hear that someone will spray the area in the spring. > > -Rich > > > On 1/29/11 3:24 PM, "Jane Freese" <Kiskatom3@mhcable.com> wrote: > > > My medical books say no one is immune to poison ivy. However, some are more > > susceptible than others. It depends on the contact. Some can get it just by > > being near. Others from actually touching the leaves. Others only by coming > > in direct contact with the roots. I never got poison ivy while all my > > sisters were highly allergic. After I was married, I thought it smart to > > pull some up because my husband was highly allergic. I even wore gloves, but > > ended up with the worst case ever. Now that I have had it once, I get it > > just by being near. > > Silly story, I suppose and nothing to do with Genealogy, but a warning to > > all - Always beware. > > Jane > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Howard Genealogy" <Howard-Genealogy@stny.rr.com> > > To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 3:14 PM > > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Gayhead Cemetery > > > > > >> Actually only about 50% of the population is sensitive to the oily > >> compound in the plant that produces the contact dermatitis. You may be one > >> of the lucky ones who is unaffected. > >> -Rich > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> Richard D. Howard > >> 587 New Virginia Rd. > >> Oxford, NY 13830 > >> (607) 226-2645 > >> > >> On Jan 29, 2011, at 1:56 PM, "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <esi@francomm.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Was there years ago! Didn't get poison ivy that time! LOL > >>> Sylvia > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------- > >>> From: "Janice Hesselink" <jclink51@mhcable.com> > >>> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 11:11 AM > >>> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > >>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Gayhead Cemetery > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Sylvia, did you hear Ray's warning? Poison Ivy all over the place at > >>>> the Gayhead Cem. in Greenville. :-) > >>>> Janice > >>>> On Jan 28, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Rich Howard wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Ray, > >>>>> > >>>>> If you should ever decide to visit the Gayhead cemetery in > >>>>> Greeneville be > >>>>> aware that the last time I visited it in the summer it was covered > >>>>> in poison > >>>>> ivy. Not everyone is sensitive to it, but a word of caution can't > >>>>> hurt. > >>>>> > >>>>> -Rich Howard > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On 1/28/11 11:24 AM, "Raymond W Smith" <rayws@frontiernet.net> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks for the explanation and your continuing considerable efforts > >>>>>> Ray Smith > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>>> From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <esi@francomm.com> > >>>>>> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > >>>>>> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 10:04 AM > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Gayhead Cemetery > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Ray, there are two Gayhead Cemeteries - Old Gayhead in the Town of > >>>>>>> Cairo > >>>>>>> and > >>>>>>> Gayhead in the Town ofGreenville. Rulandus is buried in the latter. > >>>>>>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/gayhead_cemetery.htm > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Sylvia > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------- > >>>>>>> From: "Raymond W Smith" <rayws@frontiernet.net> > >>>>>>> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 9:49 AM > >>>>>>> To: "Greene County Web Site" <nygreene@rootsweb.com> > >>>>>>> Subject: [NYGREENE] Gayhead Cemetery > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I was on http://www.hopefarm.com/gayhead.htm that is credited to > >>>>>>>> Annette > >>>>>>>> Campbell and did not find my two ancestors that supposedly are > >>>>>>>> buried > >>>>>>>> there. > >>>>>>>> Does anyone know where Rulandus Smith (1818-1895) and his wife > >>>>>>>> Althea > >>>>>>>> Edwards Smith (1820-????) are buried? > >>>>>>>> Is there another list for the Gayhead Cemetery of Greeneville? > >>>>>>>> Thaks Ray Smith > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> ------------------------------- > >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>>>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >>>>>>>> the > >>>>>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> ------------------------------- > >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >>>>>>> the > >>>>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ------------------------------- > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >>>>>> the quotes > >>>>>> in the subject and the body of the message > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ------------------------------- > >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com > >>>>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > >>>>> the body of the message > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Gees, I hope that is the case with me. I don't see myself stopping the cemetery visits. It would be nice if I became unallergic. LOL. Now, I know I could wear gloves and long sleeves and even shoes (I wear flip flops everywhere in the summer, including the woods) but that would be way took common sense for me! Sylvia -------------------------------------------------- From: "Rosemarie Novak" <musiclady54728@live.com> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:58 AM To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Old Cemeteries and Poison Ivy > > > Juat because a person is allergic one time doesn't mean they will be > allergic another time. Especially in women. Chemistry of the body can > change with pregnancy and therefore, you may not be allergic from time to > time. I learned this through experience. > > > ****** > > > > >> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:04:03 -0500 >> From: Howard-Genealogy@stny.rr.com >> To: nygreene@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [NYGREENE] Old Cemeteries and Poison Ivy >> >> Jane, >> >> Not to be argumentative, but I have found some medical books to be >> inaccurate on the subject of poison ivy. I have studied botany and taught >> classes on identifying edible and poisonous plants for over 40 years. >> Being >> an avid outdoorsman and an advanced life support emergency medical >> technician for over 30 years, I can assure you that some people are >> immune. >> That is because it is an allergic response and not everyone is allergic. >> Furthermore, allergies require prior sensitization. Therefore, the first >> time you are exposed there will be no reaction. >> >> I recall an incident about twenty years ago when I worked at a summer >> came >> in the Adirondacks. I was with a group of campers who were playing a >> night >> game of hide-and-seek in the woods near to where we were camping. In the >> morning I saw that the entire ground were the they were hiding, lying and >> rolling around was covered in poison ivy. Yet only 5 of the 12 kids ever >> showed signs of the poison ivy rash. Some were "city kids" and this was >> their first time in the outdoors. >> >> Even the famous wild foods author Euell Gibbons wrote about how he >> developed >> resistance to poison ivy by eating the young plants when they first came >> out >> of the ground in the spring (supposedly an old Native American cure). But >> be >> advised, the immune system can change over time so someone who has not >> been >> sensitive can become so later. It is always better to be safe than sorry. >> >> To complicate matters, there are other common plants, most notably >> Pastinaca >> sativa, which is often found along roadsides in the northeast and is >> often >> locally called Wild Parsnip (looks like yellow Queen Anne's Lace), can >> produce what is known as phytophotodermatitis (PPD). PPD typically >> manifests >> as a burning redness that may subsequently blister. Postinflammatory >> hyperpigmentation lasting weeks to months may ensue. Simply stated, it >> produces a skin irritation that is often mistaken for poison ivy exposure >> yet it last a lot longer. It is triggered when skin comes into contact >> with >> the plant and is then then exposed to sunlight. Also, this is not an >> allergic reaction so anyone can get it. >> >> Whew! All that being said, I have seen poison ivy in several of the old >> cemeteries in the Freehold, Durham, Cairo and Gayhead areas. The one in >> Gayhead was probably one of the worst. So be careful when you venture out >> to >> visit cemeteries that are not well maintained. >> >> Glad to hear that someone will spray the area in the spring. >> >> -Rich >> >> >> On 1/29/11 3:24 PM, "Jane Freese" <Kiskatom3@mhcable.com> wrote: >> >> > My medical books say no one is immune to poison ivy. However, some are >> > more >> > susceptible than others. It depends on the contact. Some can get it >> > just by >> > being near. Others from actually touching the leaves. Others only by >> > coming >> > in direct contact with the roots. I never got poison ivy while all my >> > sisters were highly allergic. After I was married, I thought it smart >> > to >> > pull some up because my husband was highly allergic. I even wore >> > gloves, but >> > ended up with the worst case ever. Now that I have had it once, I get >> > it >> > just by being near. >> > Silly story, I suppose and nothing to do with Genealogy, but a warning >> > to >> > all - Always beware. >> > Jane >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Howard Genealogy" <Howard-Genealogy@stny.rr.com> >> > To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 3:14 PM >> > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Gayhead Cemetery >> > >> > >> >> Actually only about 50% of the population is sensitive to the oily >> >> compound in the plant that produces the contact dermatitis. You may be >> >> one >> >> of the lucky ones who is unaffected. >> >> -Rich >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> Richard D. Howard >> >> 587 New Virginia Rd. >> >> Oxford, NY 13830 >> >> (607) 226-2645 >> >> >> >> On Jan 29, 2011, at 1:56 PM, "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <esi@francomm.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Was there years ago! Didn't get poison ivy that time! LOL >> >>> Sylvia >> >>> >> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >> >>> From: "Janice Hesselink" <jclink51@mhcable.com> >> >>> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 11:11 AM >> >>> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> >> >>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Gayhead Cemetery >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>>> Sylvia, did you hear Ray's warning? Poison Ivy all over the place at >> >>>> the Gayhead Cem. in Greenville. :-) >> >>>> Janice >> >>>> On Jan 28, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Rich Howard wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>>> Ray, >> >>>>> >> >>>>> If you should ever decide to visit the Gayhead cemetery in >> >>>>> Greeneville be >> >>>>> aware that the last time I visited it in the summer it was covered >> >>>>> in poison >> >>>>> ivy. Not everyone is sensitive to it, but a word of caution can't >> >>>>> hurt. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -Rich Howard >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On 1/28/11 11:24 AM, "Raymond W Smith" <rayws@frontiernet.net> >> >>>>> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>>> Thanks for the explanation and your continuing considerable >> >>>>>> efforts >> >>>>>> Ray Smith >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >> >>>>>> From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <esi@francomm.com> >> >>>>>> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> >> >>>>>> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 10:04 AM >> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Gayhead Cemetery >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Ray, there are two Gayhead Cemeteries - Old Gayhead in the Town >> >>>>>>> of >> >>>>>>> Cairo >> >>>>>>> and >> >>>>>>> Gayhead in the Town ofGreenville. Rulandus is buried in the >> >>>>>>> latter. >> >>>>>>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/gayhead_cemetery.htm >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Sylvia >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------- >> >>>>>>> From: "Raymond W Smith" <rayws@frontiernet.net> >> >>>>>>> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 9:49 AM >> >>>>>>> To: "Greene County Web Site" <nygreene@rootsweb.com> >> >>>>>>> Subject: [NYGREENE] Gayhead Cemetery >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> I was on http://www.hopefarm.com/gayhead.htm that is credited to >> >>>>>>>> Annette >> >>>>>>>> Campbell and did not find my two ancestors that supposedly are >> >>>>>>>> buried >> >>>>>>>> there. >> >>>>>>>> Does anyone know where Rulandus Smith (1818-1895) and his wife >> >>>>>>>> Althea >> >>>>>>>> Edwards Smith (1820-????) are buried? >> >>>>>>>> Is there another list for the Gayhead Cemetery of Greeneville? >> >>>>>>>> Thaks Ray Smith >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> ------------------------------- >> >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >>>>>>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> >>>>>>>> without >> >>>>>>>> the >> >>>>>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> ------------------------------- >> >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >>>>>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> >>>>>>> the >> >>>>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> ------------------------------- >> >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >>>>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> >>>>>> the quotes >> >>>>>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> ------------------------------- >> >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >>>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com >> >>>>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> >>>>> the body of the message >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> ------------------------------- >> >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >>>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> >>>> the >> >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> ------------------------------- >> >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >>> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes >> > in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message