Kill hogs when the moon is waning. - Democratic Underground

trof

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Sun Aug-27-06 04:48 PM
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Kill hogs when the moon is waning.

The meat will cook easier and have more grease.

from Old Alabama Folkways "Remedies & Economies".
Just thought I'd pass it along.
;-)

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trof

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Sun Aug-27-06 04:58 PM
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1. To make a good face powder,

beat dry rotten wood into dust.
Then use in the usual way.

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trof

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Sun Aug-27-06 05:12 PM
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2. For ringworm,

boil three figs of tobacco in one pint of urine, add one gill of vinegar, and one gill of lye.
Rub this wash on frequently

OR...
take carbold and pulverize it fine, mix with gin and apply with a feather.

I think I'll go with #2.
;-)

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JitterbugPerfume

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Sun Aug-27-06 05:19 PM
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5. how much is a gill?

Just in case-----

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trof

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Sun Aug-27-06 05:21 PM
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6. About a buck and a half, at today's prices.

Sorry.
My bad.
;-)

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trof

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Sun Aug-27-06 05:24 PM
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7. 5 fluid oz.=1 gill. I looked it up. Also...

about two jiggers (according to the trof system of weights & measures).

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JitterbugPerfume

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Sun Aug-27-06 05:17 PM
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3. mmMMMMMM Grease!

:eyes: :crazy:

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trof

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Sun Aug-27-06 05:18 PM
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4. The best cure for scarlet fever

is the application of raw bacon fat by rubbing it into the body twice a day.

OH BABY!
EVERYBODY ALL SLICK AND GREASEY!
FLESHPILE!!!

C'mere.
:evilgrin:

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oneighty

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Sun Aug-27-06 05:28 PM
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8. Soak Foxglove

in whiskey for heart medicine.

Drink in moderation as heart might become too strong and lead one into wicked temptations.

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trof

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Sun Aug-27-06 05:33 PM
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9. Get thee behind me, wicked.

Thanks for the tip.
:hi:

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oneighty

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Sun Aug-27-06 05:43 PM
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10. For thirty days

pickle one Mamushi snake (a pit viper available on Azuma Island Yokosuka Japan) in a bottle of SoChu bottom of the barrel whiskey (ten cent a gallon or less).

Drink. Puke.

If you do not believe me go ask Swede and Griffin. I think they recovered.

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trof

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Sun Aug-27-06 05:54 PM
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11. I have a bottle of Chinese "lizard whiskey".

Basically vodka with 2 4-5 inch long lizards pickled in the bottle.
They have to raise them in the bottle, I guess because they sure couldn't stuff them in there.
Tastes like grain alcohol.
Got it in Japan.

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oneighty

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Sun Aug-27-06 06:02 PM
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13. oishiso

oishii yo.

yummy too

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Jamastiene

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Sun Aug-27-06 05:58 PM
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12. Also plant underground crops

when the moon is waning. Planting potatoes, for instance, by the light of the moon gives you all vines and few potatoes. Likewise, plant above ground crops by the light of the moon and get better yields...from an old Farmer's Almanac I remember reading.

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trof

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Sun Aug-27-06 06:16 PM
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14. Great Uncle Bert

The bachelor Cajun (not Norwegian) farmer was VERY frugal.
He said if you get your hair cut during the new moon it won't grow back as fast and, over a lifetime, you'll save a LOT of money on haircuts.
Bert was Hebert (ay-berr) NOT Herbert!
He was a piece of work.

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Jamastiene

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Sun Aug-27-06 06:26 PM
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15. Wow, I cut my own hair, but I can still use

that advice. I dread when my hair starts getting my eyes and have noticed that it seems to grow back fast sometimes. I will try timing it like that in the future if for no other reason than to save effort on my part. Thanks.

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