tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900113077178420191.post7172894124712039108..comments2024-03-28T17:10:23.080-07:00Comments on Little Grey Bungalow: "REMEDIES, &c."Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900113077178420191.post-43967392886134408822014-09-15T10:21:49.587-07:002014-09-15T10:21:49.587-07:00Late to this party...head lice and body lice are t...Late to this party...head lice and body lice are two different creatures. While head lice are icky, they are not dangerous. Body lice carry typhus, which has a twenty-five percent mortality rate, and these lice LOVE dirt, crowding and general misery. One of the symptoms is a skin rash, so it may have been "camp itch". And you're right - washing three times a week would clear it up, with or without the grease. Lady Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608765381189723792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900113077178420191.post-33014286954787876232013-04-15T15:00:58.105-07:002013-04-15T15:00:58.105-07:00marjory -- so, if you taste like sulphur, bugs won...marjory -- so, if you taste like sulphur, bugs won't bite you?<br /><br />It makes sense in a way.Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900113077178420191.post-81102588251852727092013-04-15T15:00:12.678-07:002013-04-15T15:00:12.678-07:00I wonder if washing 3x per week might have been wh...I wonder if washing 3x per week might have been what killed the "itch."Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900113077178420191.post-61645126816659720852013-04-15T08:19:17.194-07:002013-04-15T08:19:17.194-07:00Since a heavy layer of grease or oil will kill lic...Since a heavy layer of grease or oil will kill lice, the lard probably would work for "camp itch" by itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900113077178420191.post-64556013232000518982013-04-15T06:45:30.535-07:002013-04-15T06:45:30.535-07:00or bedbugs
The old Southern prevention against ch...or bedbugs<br /><br />The old Southern prevention against chigger lice and mosquitoes - take the handle of a teaspoon, flip it over, and insert into a bottle of powdered sulfur. About 1/4 of a tsp. will load on the spoon. Take internally at least 1 time per day. I HATED doing this as a child in the 1960s, but it did seem to work.marjorytnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900113077178420191.post-29671266134897784742013-04-14T19:35:01.306-07:002013-04-14T19:35:01.306-07:00I'm gagging at the thought of charcoal and tur...I'm gagging at the thought of charcoal and turpentine, myself.Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900113077178420191.post-44054262575701888612013-04-14T19:30:37.658-07:002013-04-14T19:30:37.658-07:00All sound awful.All sound awful.Packrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02986387347283221427noreply@blogger.com