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My grandma gave us kids Castor Oil when we were little, and told us not to complain because all the 'tough' mothers gave their kids Cod Liver Oil - and then we'd have something to complain about.
Grandma also put Mercurochrome on our cuts and bruises, whilst all the 'tough' mothers used Iodine!
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Whenever I used to crash and burn into the gravel on my knees. Mother used that tincture or iodine, or the ‘harmless Bactine....which I think has acetone or 1-1-1 trichloroethane. 🙁😖
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There were four of us boys and one bathroom, so when we got our spring dose of Castoria, it was usually a case of who was the fastest. Fortunately, living on a farm, there were plenty of fencerows and barns that would give you a little privacy.
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Why was giving Boomer kids the shîts a form of punishment?
Feel free to discuss As I understood it from my Dad it was to prevent kids from faking sick or laying out of school for minor ailments. Kid to Mom: I am not feeling good enough to go to school today. Dad: Give him a dose of oil. Kid: That's okay, I'll tough it out. Probably caused generations of bigly herd immunity.
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This kind of reminds me of the 9v Tongue thread.
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Yet here I lie, awake for the last four hours, wishing I had the opportunity to drain my bank account for a tablespoon of it.
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funny to see this thread,i was at the local fleamarket sunday and a friend had old stock castor oil and black draught laxative. i told him i'd give 100.00 if he'd drink a bottle of both.
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My mom's theory was that when kids acted rowdy, obstinate, disobedient, etc., they had to be constipated and Syrup of Black Draught was the first-line fix.
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I run castor oil in all my vintage race bikes.
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Mercurochrome? Bactine? Those were the sissy stuff. Merthiolate was the real deal. Dad used to say something like "If it isn't burning it isn't working".
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Waiting on the doors to open at the grocery store in 15 minutes to hopefully buy some of this goodness.
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My Mom used to put turpentine in the castor oil, I am not sure if it improved the taste or the effectiveness.
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I rub castor oil on my arthritis and it went away and never came back. that was 25 years ago and I am free of Arthritis now I have tried to get people to try it but they don't believe me...
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Mercurochrome? Bactine? Those were the sissy stuff. Merthiolate was the real deal. Dad used to say something like "If it isn't burning it isn't working". “Monkey blood” 🐒
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Helps work against the Tylenol !
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My mom was the cod liver oil. That’s some nasty Schitt. Table spoon every morning just cause she didn’t like us I guess. Edk
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My Mom used to put turpentine in the castor oil, I am not sure if it improved the taste or the effectiveness. At grandmaws we always got coal oil on a teaspoon of sugar for the croop.
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My mom was/is big on campho-phanique. Might not have spelled it right Works on canker sores.
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My Mom used to put turpentine in the castor oil, I am not sure if it improved the taste or the effectiveness. At grandmaws we always got coal oil on a teaspoon of sugar for the croop. Bob, was it for the croop, or the crap????
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Mercurochrome? Bactine? Those were the sissy stuff. Merthiolate was the real deal. Dad used to say something like "If it isn't burning it isn't working". Talk about burning, I like alcohol. Whacked the big toe on my left foot with a power mower a few years back. Hopped in the house, grabbed a jug of isopropyl, probably 91% as I like to use the strong stuff when I need it. Squirted it all over the toe, flushed it out pretty good. Wrapped a towel around it, held foot off ground with that, hopped to the neighbor's trailer couple hundred feet away like that to ask for a ride to the hospital. Quicker than waiting for the 'bambalance" to get the 29 miles from town. Hopped back home to close things up while he got his truck ready and over to my place. Get to the ER, doc says that looks pretty clean and I told him about the alcohol on it. He says "That must have hurt" . I thought to myself "no Scheidt?" and told him it didn't hurt as much as hitting it with a spinning lawnmower blade did. Pain is relative to some of us I guess.
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