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Don't Mothers have some funny remedies ?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Just the other day, I was at work and got whacked in the eye with a peice of debris, I thought I'd lost my eye, but however all turned out to be well, a check at the optometrists and some antibiotic drops sorted it, I was lucky, very lucky - a reminder of the benefits of wearing safety glasses 
But before the visit to the optom, I was talking on the phone to my Mother, telling her what happened and guess what she advised me to do ??
Put some Dettol in my eye !! Dettol FFs  , can you imagine what that would have felt like, not to mention the damage it would have caused to my already sore eye ....
What amazing remedies have your parents tried to inflict on you ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"porrige poultices!!
germolene on cuts remember the pink gritty stuff in the tin!!! xx"
I love the smell of germolene
My mother who to say have some TCP.......The Catholic Poison  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"porrige poultices!!"
Ohh god poultices I hated them when I was growing up cos it was my mothers answer to everything!!
Ingrown toenail bread poultice
Sore finger bread poultice
Sore head she was in the kitchen before you finished saying with the kettle on and the half loaf out!!
NEVER used one since and seriously thinking about it cos I have an ingrown finger nail!! 
Shona
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By *ickmealloverWoman
over a year ago
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"porrige poultices!!
Ohh god poultices I hated them when I was growing up cos it was my mothers answer to everything!!
Ingrown toenail bread poultice
Sore finger bread poultice
Sore head she was in the kitchen before you finished saying with the kettle on and the half loaf out!!
NEVER used one since and seriously thinking about it cos I have an ingrown finger nail!!
Shona
x x x "
did any of it work tho, most are based on ancient remedies that did |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"porrige poultices!!
Ohh god poultices I hated them when I was growing up cos it was my mothers answer to everything!!
Ingrown toenail bread poultice
Sore finger bread poultice
Sore head she was in the kitchen before you finished saying with the kettle on and the half loaf out!!
NEVER used one since and seriously thinking about it cos I have an ingrown finger nail!!
Shona
x x x
did any of it work tho, most are based on ancient remedies that did"
When I was 10 I stood on a rusty nail and my father wanted to take me to the hospital my mother said dont worry and went thru the kitchen I panicked and my father made my mother take me to the docs!!
When my foot healed I swear my mother said it would have healed faster with a poultice!!! That was her answer when she saw the freckle I know have where I stood on the nail!! 
Shona
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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germoline for cuts n gettin spliters out, bring back proper germoline. i can smell it now lmao
whitch hazel for bruise's.
bf's grand-daughter answer to everything is a wet paper towel, n thats what the dinner ladies tell her lol
now ive found arnica gel..........brill on strains aches n bruses
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My use to give me whiskey and warm water with sugar and lemon for everything.
And being young and not use to alchol then.
It killed the pain and a good night sleep.
Plus my mum didn't have to listen to me moan all night lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"A bit of spit and a tissue was the cure for everything when I was young 
especially if it was grandma spit ..that worked the best ! "
Eeewwww mummy spit was bad enough |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Just remembered another old wives tale that worked.
When my eldest was born I like many other mothers used disposable nappies. Until I discovered my eldest was allergic to the bleach in the nappies.
What I had thought was normal nappy rash soooo wasnt(blisters where the nappy touched her skin) wasnt very nice for my newborn baby.
My mother said cover her bum in egg white, I was never going to do that til my mother did it and my daughters bum cleared up way faster than when I used nappy rash creams.
I made sure I always had an egg in the fridge and a washed supply of terry nappies after that.
Shona
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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago
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"porrige poultices!!
germolene on cuts remember the pink gritty stuff in the tin!!! xx
I love the smell of germolene
My mother who to say have some TCP.......The Catholic Poison "
You as well!!!! LOL. My darling mother still swears by bloody TCP, and no matter where its applied, it bloody stings!!!! |
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"A bit of spit and a tissue was the cure for everything when I was young
We're hardy Londoners though hun.
None of this germoline, witch hazel or poultice softy shite! "
Yep..If I cut myself when I was a kid in London my mum used to pour neat bleach over it and then methalated spirits and set the cut on fire!..
If I had a black head my dad used to drill a hole and fill it with a mixture of rats piss and bicarbonate of soda..
Truthfully now...my dad got really badly sunburnt once and my mum rubbed olive oil into it!...I was only about 6 but I remember spending the evening in the casualty unit at Guys Hospital!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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ohh i said i would never do the spit on hanky thing to my kid and i did!!
the egg whites for nappy rash was the best ever!
as for sunburn my granny swore by butter.... hence why we were careful in the sun dittery old bugger lol!! xx |
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By *irtydanMan
over a year ago
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"My use to give me whiskey and warm water with sugar and lemon for everything.
And being young and not use to alchol then.
It killed the pain and a good night sleep.
Plus my mum didn't have to listen to me moan all night lol"
think we had the same mum lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"A bit of spit and a tissue was the cure for everything when I was young
Anyone who does this to their child should be jailed.
I'm scarred for life because of it!!"
But why do they do it!!
Thank god baby wipes were invented or I may have had to do the same to mine |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"im sure she ment optrex"
Oh no, she meant Dettol alright. When I told her not to be so bloody silly, she said, "I didn't mean put it IN your eye, I meant for you to rub it on your eyelid 
Now what good was that gonna do ? Lets be fair, a lump of muck hit me bang in the centre of my eye from 3 feet away, but Dettol applied to my eyelid wouldn't have found it's way into my eye
Mother's and their crazy ideas, I'm suprised I lived this long to be able to tell the tale |
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By *irtydanMan
over a year ago
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"im sure she ment optrex
Oh no, she meant Dettol alright. When I told her not to be so bloody silly, she said, "I didn't mean put it IN your eye, I meant for you to rub it on your eyelid
Now what good was that gonna do ? Lets be fair, a lump of muck hit me bang in the centre of my eye from 3 feet away, but Dettol applied to my eyelid wouldn't have found it's way into my eye
Mother's and their crazy ideas, I'm suprised I lived this long to be able to tell the tale "
you have to love them |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"im sure she ment optrex
Oh no, she meant Dettol alright. When I told her not to be so bloody silly, she said, "I didn't mean put it IN your eye, I meant for you to rub it on your eyelid
Now what good was that gonna do ? Lets be fair, a lump of muck hit me bang in the centre of my eye from 3 feet away, but Dettol applied to my eyelid wouldn't have found it's way into my eye
Mother's and their crazy ideas, I'm suprised I lived this long to be able to tell the tale you have to love them "
True, very true |
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