I have been watching the old remedys but have yet to see our old standby when I was a child. Kerosine, the same oil that was used in the old oil lamps with the glass globes that I hated to clean. We used kerosine for all cuts, nail punctures and when I was bitten by a copperhead snake that was all that my parents used. We had to soak the wound in it. Of course it was different than the kerosine that we have today, it was the pure stuff. I was told one time by a pharmacist that kerosine was a miracle drug but it was too cheap. I have never heard of Black Sop but we had red-eye gravy. My mother would fry home smoked ham and pour a little water and a little black coffee into the drippings, it was served over open biscuits. GOOD EATING!!! JoAnn