SC - Insect repellant = sekanjabin

[david friedman]

At 11:53 PM -0700 9/20/00, Bonne of Traquair wrote:
>I've been ignoring the insect repellant threads but was idly reading 
>the vinegar bottle at dinner this evening and came across this on 
>the back of the label under 'Other Uses for Vinegar'
...
>So, now we have another reason to serve sekanjabin to the fighters: 
>internal bug repellant.

I know people who say that this works, but one needs to start 
drinking it a couple weeks before one needs the repellant effect. 
I've encouraged my kids to drink it at and before Pennsic on that 
basis. I've never done any controlled experiments, though, so am not 
sure it works.

Elizabeth/Betty Cook