Goose grease, raspberry vinegar and tar rope.
My grandad would smear us in goose grease, said it was a good cold remedy.
He also gave us raspberry vinegar mixed with castor oil.
My great grandad had a piece of land adjacent to St Matins passage in Ward End, locally known as Pardoes Yard It was the site of his sandpit, but once filled in he rented it out to Gypsy families and their caravans. Some of the Gypsy men would wear a piece of tar rope around their neck, I am told it prevented colds.
My grandad would smear us in goose grease, said it was a good cold remedy.
He also gave us raspberry vinegar mixed with castor oil.
My great grandad had a piece of land adjacent to St Matins passage in Ward End, locally known as Pardoes Yard It was the site of his sandpit, but once filled in he rented it out to Gypsy families and their caravans. Some of the Gypsy men would wear a piece of tar rope around their neck, I am told it prevented colds.