Old Wives Tales or FACT?

Pighead

Pighead was down the canal walking the dog yesterday. It was a cracking walk until the rain started and Shep started acting the maggot. He hates the rain and tends to take cover by running into ditches.

Anyway he got stuck in the ditch and i had to put my hand blindly into the ditch so I could grab him out using the tried and trusted "stick your fingers up his nostrils" routine. What happened next? Pighead got fcuking stung thats what. Hadn't got stung since the 80's and had forgotten quite how sore it was.

Luckily I've got a magnificent memory and I knew that my grandmother used to always rub my nettle stings with doc leaves. Grabbed a load of docs and rubbed them all over my painful stings. What happened next? NOTHING. Turns out the whole doc leave fix was a sham. Works when your a kid because kids will believe anything. Would have given my gran a piece of my mind but she died in 94 so I kicked shep instead.

So basically this thread is to distinguish between myth and fact.
Does putting salty water on a gum ulcer fix it?
Will drinking vinegar really cure those horrible hiccups?
Is it true that drinking a nagging of vodka will make Sparky S's and FlutterIn Bantams posts bearable?
Hopefully the truth will out.

I never got the doc leaf thing to work either when I was a kid. It's lies, lies I tells you.

BreadBoard

"Turns out the whole doc leave fix was a sham."

Worked for me !

Ruu_Old

All a big, fat bunch o' lies, Pighead. Many times poor old me got stung as a lad and had to run home, crying my eyes out I did. Some of the lads are having a great, old laugh at you, the bastids.

Pighead

Myth wrote:

I never got the doc leaf thing to work either when I was a kid. It's lies, lies I tells you.

What about that jelly fish thing? Do you really reckon pissing on the wound is gonna heal you? I thought this was a myth for ages but my buddy Pervy Peter is always getting stung by jellyfish and he reckons that a little bit of girls piss is the only thing that will make it better.

Pighead

BreadBoard wrote:

"Turns out the whole doc leave fix was a sham."

Worked for me !

My backside it did. Listen BreadBoard(7/10, I don't know why I like it.BUT I DO) Pighead hates to call you a big fat smelly liar but theres no doubt that you definitely are one. Doc leaves havre about as much healing powers as my willy. And if you've seen my willy you'll know theres nothing at all impressive about it. Hang your head and admit you lie.

Waltons

It's a big pile of crapola, I do agree. Maybe they don't work unless a particular animal has urinated all over them, or something.

Pighead

Pighead wrote:

What about that jelly fish thing? Do you really reckon pissing on the wound is gonna heal you? I thought this was a myth for ages but my buddy Pervy Peter is always getting stung by jellyfish and he reckons that a little bit of girls piss is the only thing that will make it better.

First I heard of that was when I saw it on Friends, and I haven't ever tried it out. Will let you know as soon as I have had to.

PullMyFinger!

Pighead wrote:

Will drinking vinegar really cure those horrible hiccups?

I remember hearing an old wives tale about vinegar as a kid but it had nothing to do with hiccups

Welcome back Sir Piggy.

Black Swan

OK, Grandma believed in feeding you chicken soup when you were ill. Not too long ago I read someplace that there actually were some benefits to this old wives tale, but I cannot remember the source.

*Blue jumps under the table in the coffeehouse and waits for the Pighead reply*

slipss

I'm not sure about the doc leaf thing, it always worked instantaneously(that can't be spelt right) for me when I was a kid, maybe it was just a placebo, i dunno. On the subjects of nettles and old wives tales I'd be interested to know if its true that if you grab a nettle tightly that it won't sting you? I've heard this a few times from people and they swear its true. But i'm not to sure because I seem to remember my old 2nd class teacher use to take us for nature walks on sunny days sometimes in school and he would tell us this and then stand back sniggering to himself as one by one we'd attempt it and burst into tears from our badly stung hands, nice fella, got murdered by one of his former students apparently, go figure.

Scraggs

Oh pighead you've lost your touch I'm very disappointed:(


Dock leaves used to work for me, I think you have to use the 'juicy' bit or something.


What about watching too much TV giving you square eyes?!

Pighead

Scraggs wrote:

Oh pighead you've lost your touch I'm very disappointed:(


Dock leaves used to work for me, I think you have to use the 'juicy' bit or something.

To be honest Pighead doesn't believe in it but i'm a fair man and I'm willing to let you rub your juicy bits on my skin to see for once and for all will it work.

Can't say fairer than that.(said the man with the lisp)

Adam

slipss wrote:

I'm not sure about the doc leaf thing, it always worked instantaneously(that can't be spelt right) for me when I was a kid, maybe it was just a placebo, i dunno. On the subjects of nettles and old wives tales I'd be interested to know if its true that if you grab a nettle tightly that it won't sting you? I've heard this a few times from people and they swear its true. But i'm not to sure because I seem to remember my old 2nd class teacher use to take us for nature walks on sunny days sometimes in school and he would tell us this and then stand back sniggering to himself as one by one we'd attempt it and burst into tears from our badly stung hands, nice fella, got murdered by one of his former students apparently, go figure.

Thats true actually, its to do with the very fine needles on the leaves that cause the sting, if you grab the leaf and firmly the needles get pressed down and cant actually sting you, but its a delicate operation

Lust4Life

My Uncle has been a bee keeper for many a year.
When I was stung during a visit, he packed it with mud.
The salt in the mud draws out the stinger and numbs the pain.
That's his old wives remedy.
It still hurt like hell!

Ruu_Old

Just remember to eat those carrots, you'll be able to see in the dark.;)

Kastro

eating veg putshairs on your chest....
i never ate veg..
i bin veggie for years now and im a hairy mothafukka..
guess me gran was serious.. that or it was a threat.

il gatto

If you use the stem part up the middle of the dock leaf it works. It's gooey like aloe vera. Otherwise you're just making it worse by rubbing an abrasive leaf on the sting. As far as I know, pissing on a jellyfish sting neutralises it as the sting is acidic and the pee is alkalie. But then I'm not Ray Mears, so don't come running to me with a swollen foot reeking like an old man on a whiskey bender.

Ruu_Old

il gatto wrote:

If you use the stem part up the middle of the dock leaf it works. It's gooey like aloe vera. Otherwise you're just making it worse by rubbing an abrasive leaf on the sting. As far as I know, pissing on a jellyfish sting neutralises it as the sting is acidic and the pee is alkalie. But then I'm not Ray Mears, so don't come running to me with a swollen foot reeking like an old man on a whiskey bender.

Just wait for the Personal Issues thread.

Foot swollen after a jellyfish sting, me gf went to pee on it but didn't wurk, wtf do I do?!

The Hill Billy

Vinegar is good for stings & bites - something to do with the acid.

P1ss is FA use for jellyfish stings & can acutally make it more painful - something to do with the urea. Plain ol' water is better.

Scrunch up the dock leaves until the sap appears (particularly around the stem) & rub this on your nettle sting.

In all honesty - a shot of anti-histamine for the inflammation & morphine for the pain is your only man.

If yez were real boardies - yez wouldn't be out in the real world with all that dangerous flora & fauna stuff.

Rhyme

Doc leaves worked for me, squeeze the juice from the leaves and use the rest of the leaf to rub it into the sting. As for draining the lizard on a jellyfish sting, never tried it... only been stung twice.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Apparnetly drinking tonic water before you exercise will prevent your muscles getting cramped... and its been SCIENTIFICALLY proven!!!

pighead is back....

I dont belive in these method's of healing but they are worth trying when your in pain!

Dragan

Hey Pighead,

as already said the doc leave itself contains a antihistamine, which is why it does actually work for nettle stings etc.

When you need to do is rupture the leaf though, to make sure you get the juicy goodness out so next time just fold it into a little lump and mash the **** out of it, then rub it on the sting.

manonthemoon

Piss helps too.

Whether thats your own piss or someone elses I am not sure.


Can you imagine

"Excuse me there bud, I am after stinging myself with neetles, would you find pissing on me arm?"

Mrs_Doyle

My mam told me that there was cat's gut's in chewing gum.

She also told me there was bad drugs (as opposed to the good kind :eek: )in those transfer tattoo's that came free with 3p chewing gums.

AND she convinced me that if I picked up dandelions I would piddle on myself.

However, she wasn't the only crazy parent on our road, all my friends parents told them the same things.

What is with our crazy parents? Just having a laugh at their kids stupidity?

connundrum

My Granny used to insist that tea was the best drink on a hot day.. wtf?? I've never tried it so I can only presume that it was a lie.. or maybe a joke

BTW wee-ing on a nettle sting does nothing for the pain, it just makes ya uncomfortably wet.. FACT!

brown*eyed*girl

Thanks to this thread I've realised at 31 years of age that they are actually not called Dog leaves!

Oh and my Nanny always used to say that tea is best to cool you down and I always got a bottle of Lucozade when I was sick. I got the chicken pox when I was around 10 and was surrounded by dozens of bottles of Lucozade which back then were wrapped in orange paper! Also boiled 7 up when you had an upset stomach and dry toast.

Zulu

Pighead wrote:

What about that jelly fish thing? Do you really reckon pissing on the wound is gonna heal you? I thought this was a myth for ages but my buddy Pervy Peter is always getting stung by jellyfish and he reckons that a little bit of girls piss is the only thing that will make it better.

Vinegar is the one for jellyfish stings. The whole pee thing is a sham.
(Disclamer: pee contains minute amounts of amonia, which can negate the sting, but it's such a small amount, it's probably highly unlikely.)

The Hill Billy

brown*eyed*girl wrote:

Also boiled 7 up when you had an upset stomach and dry toast.

Still your only man if you've got a dose of the pukes. Dry toast to be eaten only after you've stopped puking though.

manonthemoon

Zulu wrote:

Vinegar is the one for jellyfish stings. The whole pee thing is a sham.
(Disclamer: pee contains minute amounts of amonia, which can negate the sting, but it's such a small amount, it's probably highly unlikely.)

Piss is a great thing.

Works on foot ailments too. Athletes foot, tinia etc.