-----Original Message----- From: Diane Taylor [SMTP:djtaylor@puc.edu] Sent: Friday, February 26, 1999 2:13 PM To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re:Old-Time Remedies Edward Boggs wrote: > What "Old-Time" remedies were handed down in your families? Edward: You mean, like getting a wool sock (or strip of wool material) wet with cold water, wrapping it snugly around the neck and covering it with a piece of cotton; pining it in place with a diaper pin? (what did they use before diaper pins??) This was done in my house for sore throats and really worked. In the morning, we would wake up with the sore throat gone!! Guess the wool heated up and drew out the soreness. My mother always used this on all her children and I used it on mine. I wonder if they remember that? I am sure it was passed down to my mother from her mother and grandmother. (mother was only 16 when she had her first of 8 babies) I will have to ask her. I also remember I hated to have it put on (it was sooo cold) and then in the morning, I hated to have it taken off (it was so nice and warm and comforting-feeling). Okay, this was too chatty, Edward. But you got me started! Diane Biggar-Taylor ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== #8 Anyone interested and researching SW VA and Appalachian history might be interested in the Fincastle History Forum list. Contact Edgar at ehoward@conknet.com or swvaroot@swva.net for a copy of the rules. [Pam Moehling] Hi Everyone, Don't some of these old time things we discuss amaze a lot of you...it does me... I'm not that old but have tried this and I can tell you that this one REALLY works.... If you have a child who is really fretful because they are teething..you take an egg and place it inside a sock..you then hang the sock in a closet and forget about it...and the child won't have a hard time cutting new teeth at all..heard about this from an old lady friend we new and it worked with both of my sons...this sounds crazy, doesn't it..and I didn't even remember doing this until I read Diane's story...and let me tell you if you have two babies, both in diapers, and one is giving you fits crying all the time..you'll try anything!!! <g> Pam