Comments on: Things Worth Knowing, 1911

By: Velikiye Kniaz

Velikiye Kniaz — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:06:11 +0000

I’m furious that at least one of these hints didn’t make it out of Zion and south to Tucson, Arizona when I was growing up! I would have really appreciated a tablespoon of honey to the one I got every day of cod liver oil! When I get to the other side, my grandmother and I will be having words!

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:29:46 +0000

Thanks, Silver.

Agreed, Stephen.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:49:08 +0000

Man, it’s been a long time since there were houses on Wall Street. Just how old are you, Stephen? : )

Or is there another Wall Street?

By: Stephen Taylor

Stephen Taylor — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:39:14 +0000

And by the way, a good title for a blog might be “People Very Worth Knowing, 2010: Ardis Parshall.”

By: Stephen Taylor

Stephen Taylor — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:36:44 +0000

Reading this made me feel like I was in my grandma’s kitchen in her house on Wall St. I can smell the apples.

By: SilverRain

SilverRain — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:43:37 +0000

Erysipelas is a bacterial skin infection.

I’ve looked for an “official” pronunciation of poultice, and they all include the t.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:21:12 +0000

What is erysipelas? And, I’ve always wondered how to pronounce poultice. Some people swear it’s “pollice” with a silent “t”. That’s the sort of question I save for Ardis.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 02:16:42 +0000

People in my mission on Buenos Aires blame everything on the liver–aching knees, stomach pain, blurry vision, nearly anything. They always said that a bad night was caused by an attack of liver. There were many remedies that helped your liver.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:37:10 +0000

Cranberries are astringent, and correct inaction of the liver.

But how do you know it’s your liver that’s inactive? In spite of the germ theory recognized in the example of sneezing and coughing, there is still some dubious folk wisdom in these hints.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:39:13 +0000

A vanilla bean kept in the sugar jar imparts a delicate flavor to the sugar.

I do that. It works nicely, but I keep the vanilla sugar separate from my regular supply, since not every use of sugar is conducive to vanilla flavor.

When coughing or sneezing always cover the mouth or nose, as the mucus escaping from these organs is infectious.

The germ theory of disease. This was just a few years after the death of Louis Pasteur, one of the fathers of microbiology and proponents of the germ theory. Robert Koch, one of the other giants in the development of the theory had just died, and Joseph Lister was still alive in 1911, when these tips were published.