Hey Bobby, Is coal oil what we now call kerosene??? MaryClyde ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobby Hatfield" <bobhat2@gmail.com> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:47 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Chiggers... > Hey Stella, I seem to remember something about a coal-oil soaked rag tied > around our ankles and one around each wrist outside > the shirtsleeve cuff when we went blackberry pickin when I was a kid. > Anybody else from the south remember anything like that ? I > know coal-oil and turpinetine was used for lots of things that don't sound > reasonable now. Blackberry cobbler was worth a lot back then, a few > chiggers > didn't hold us back from some good eatin. Bobby > > > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Stella Roper <busmar1852@webtv.net> > wrote: > >> Paulette...Now...I have a ?????? What is dormant oil? >> The best thing for them, after you get them...is to scrub with a bit of >> clorox in the water...and put a lot of baby oil before goin out in the >> woods or grass. Back when my kids were small and we were going fishing, >> at a creek, close by) I put baby oil just like a moisterizer before we >> went. They hated it but like in their little navels, and under >> arms...and when we got home...clothes off and into washer, and into tub >> of clorox water. Just don't splash eyes...if kids ever do that, they >> won't again! Stella >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOUTHERN-CHAT-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 > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 080531-1, 05/31/2008 > Tested on: 6/11/2008 6:14:56 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > >

Yeah MaryClyde, I guess I was 10 before I knew it was Kerosene, I still have family's two coal-oil lamps, not sure how old, don't remember one ever breaking so they must be 1936 models. Bobby On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Mary R Mungo <MRMungo@comporium.net> wrote: > Hey Bobby, > Is coal oil what we now call kerosene??? > MaryClyde > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bobby Hatfield" <bobhat2@gmail.com> > To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:47 AM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Chiggers... > > > > Hey Stella, I seem to remember something about a coal-oil soaked rag tied > > around our ankles and one around each wrist outside > > the shirtsleeve cuff when we went blackberry pickin when I was a kid. > > Anybody else from the south remember anything like that ? I > > know coal-oil and turpinetine was used for lots of things that don't > sound > > reasonable now. Blackberry cobbler was worth a lot back then, a few > > chiggers > > didn't hold us back from some good eatin. Bobby > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Stella Roper <busmar1852@webtv.net> > > wrote: > > > >> Paulette...Now...I have a ?????? What is dormant oil? > >> The best thing for them, after you get them...is to scrub with a bit of > >> clorox in the water...and put a lot of baby oil before goin out in the > >> woods or grass. Back when my kids were small and we were going fishing, > >> at a creek, close by) I put baby oil just like a moisterizer before we > >> went. They hated it but like in their little navels, and under > >> arms...and when we got home...clothes off and into washer, and into tub > >> of clorox water. Just don't splash eyes...if kids ever do that, they > >> won't again! Stella > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> SOUTHERN-CHAT-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 > > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > --- > > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > > Virus Database (VPS): 080531-1, 05/31/2008 > > Tested on: 6/11/2008 6:14:56 PM > > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >