[Ansteorra] Ants

[Michelle Dodd]

I thought I had heard something about these suggestions before, so I looked it up on snopes.
While the dryer sheet might make you smell better, it won't act as a mosquito repellent. 
 http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/skeeters.asp  is the address if you want to check yourself.
I have used the Avon Skin-So-Soft myself. I don't know how well it worked, I only ocassionally have a problem with mosquitos.
 
Ly Gabriele
 
"To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind.To trust anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will.To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed."   Bernard Edmonds

> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:04:32 -0500> From: padraig_ruad at irishbard.org> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Ants> > Hillary Greenslade wrote:> >> > I don't recall who told me this, and I haven't yet tried it, but to avoid> > mosquito's, I was told to use 'bounce' dryer sheets - just wipe them on> > your exposed ankles and arms and tuck it in your clothing somewhere. Plus> > it smells good. Also, there is now a new mosquito repellent that is a dry> > spray-on powder that is not the greasy smelly product we are used to.> >> > Cheers, Hillary> > Another thing that helps is to include plenty of garlic in your diet. > There are compounds from garlic that are released through the skin that> make you much less appetizing to a wide variety of insects, mosquitoes and> chiggers included. If you don't like the taste, or want to avoid the> problems of "deadly garlic breath", garlic supplements (sold in the> vitamin section of pharmacies, grocery stores, etc) also work quite well.> > Padraig> -- > Nunc est bibendum.> ******************> ******************> Politicians prefer unarmed peasants.>