Geordie old wives tales

[Letmein5]

I remember when I was a child, if I had a nose bleed my gran
would put a cold key down my back. Of course the bleeding
stopped but did the key have anything to do with it?.

Perhaps you have some old wives tails to tell.

[primrose]

Whenever I had a blocked nose as a kid my Nanna would rub butter into the bridge of my nose

[canny bairn]

What is meant to happen if you pick a dandelion ?

[Birdman]

Were they not known as "pee the bed's" in our day canny bairn?

[fisherman]

Originally Posted by Birdman

Were they not known as "pee the bed's" in our day canny bairn?

Yes that's what we called them.

[Cait]

As a child if I got a winter cough..aahh!! my Nan would give me little butter balls rolled in sugar to suck aahh!! no wonder I dont take sugar now..
And who remembers the old fashioned Vick rub....

[Birdman]

Originally Posted by Cait

As a child if I got a winter cough..aahh!! my Nan would give me little butter balls rolled in sugar to suck aahh!! no wonder I dont take sugar now..
And who remembers the old fashioned Vick rub....

With a wad of orange "Thermogene" cotton wool stuck on top.

[Pat]

I did this for my kids!! Still think that butter in sugar helps to ease a sore throat. We still use Vicks too! Haven't seen Thermogene around for many years though. My mam used to use that, also kaolin(sp) poultice. It was grey stuff in a tin, and had to be heated.

Does anyone still use a bread poultice? It was used to draw out an infection.

[jarraman]

Is this an old wives tale?

"Get out of the rain you'll get pneumonia."

That's what me mother used to say to me.

[Cait]

Anyone else told "Never wash your hair if you have a head cold"

or what about "Keep your feet dry or you will catch the Flu"