FabSwingers.com forum: Don't Mothers have some funny remedies ?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

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

porrige poultices!!

germolene on cuts remember the pink gritty stuff in the tin!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"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 *ickmealloverWoman
over a year ago

a very plush appartment off junt 7 M5

"porrige poultices!!

germolene on cuts remember the pink gritty stuff in the tin!!!

I love the smell of germolene

Its a fab smell

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the smell i didnt mind, the agonising stinging of it gettin rubbed into cuts i objected to!! x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"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

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By *ickmealloverWoman
over a year ago

a very plush appartment off junt 7 M5

"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)
over a year ago

"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

x x x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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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over a year ago

A bit of spit and a tissue was the cure for everything when I was young

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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 *prite128Woman
over a year ago

maidstone

"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 !

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over a year ago

"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

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 (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ya not nice.

Reminds me when my mum use to do that when I had a mucky mark on my face before going into school.

I'm going to have nightmares again lol.

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"porrige poultices!!

germolene on cuts remember the pink gritty stuff in the tin!!!

I love the smell of germolene

My mother who to say have some TCP.......The Catholic Poison

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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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By *adchickCouple
over a year ago

Cyprus

"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!

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By *amschwingerzCouple
over a year ago

West

"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

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 *obblybitsCouple
over a year ago

huddersfield

when one of my children had collic my nan told me to dip a hot cole in water and feed that to her "it will clear it up no end" she said whilst I was picturing ss coming to my door lol

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By *irtydanMan
over a year ago

Blackpool

im sure she ment optrex

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By *ensualfire88Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"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!!

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By *irtydanMan
over a year ago

Blackpool

"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)
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over a year ago

"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

"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

Blackpool

"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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you have to love them

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"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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