For Whatever Ails Ya

• An "asphidity" bag necklaced around a child will help prevent colds. (An "asphidity" bag is filled with specific herbs/spices which are unknown to me at this time. I do remember, however, that it carried a pungent odor!)
  
  
• A teaspoon of castor oil will relieve tummy aches (sometimes just "offering" the castor oil will cure the problem.)
  
  
• Camphorated oil rubbed onto a bruise will help prevent the bruise from developing into cancer.
  
  
• Mixing together a bit of tobacco from a cigarette with a little saliva and rubbing the mixture into a wasp sting will draw out the stinger and ease the soreness.
  
  
• Cigarette smoke blown into a sore ear will help ease the pain (the smoke needs to be sealed into the ear canal with a cotton ball.)
  
  
• Rubbing olive oil onto a pregnant belly will prevent it from developing stretch marks. (I tried this and it worked for me -- of course, my OB-GYN laughed and teased me about my belly smelling like Italian dressing -- but, hey, no stretch marks!)