Originally Posted by Geri B
Originally Posted by Honeynga
My grandma did bottom of feet, armpits, chest and back, sometimes a flannel piece safety pinned into pjs....but always white cotton socks and flannel pjs ! Now, i sort of remember my grandmother talking about some kind of bags she had to wear around her neck as a child....called something like: phonetic: ask fit ity.......must be a very old, possibly southern, folklore custom....
Oh, that phonetic "word" brought back a memory of a neighbor I once had.....I don't remember the actually word either, but I do know it is/was some sort of natural herb.....well, aspirin's origin is willow bark so there must be something said for "natural remedies".......
Thank you for responding, so it wasn't a dream ! Really she talked about having to wear this bag around her neck...just can't remember exactly for, but said it smelled bad. She also said that HER grandmother would give all of the grandkids big doses of oil....castor oil ? Remember my grandmother tried to make me drink castor oil in orange juice and I gagged and threw up....to this day can't drink orange juice !!!
So for the older timers out there....ever heard of cat nip tea ? When my oldest who is now 42 was a baby and cried all the time...called my MIL late one night, she got out of bed, had her husband drive her several miles away to an all night drug store.....came to our apt; mixed up a brew of cat nip tea, added sugar and whiskey to give to my crying child...by the time she did all this the child was asleep...after they left I poured it out....
Well in the wee hours the crying started again, what did I do, made up a brew of cat nip tea...don't remember any more; don't know if I gave it to her or she went back to sleep.....All I can say now is YIKES, can't believe I would even think of that !