SC - Insect repellant = sekanjabin

[Olwen the Odd]

This is weird and very not period, but, of all things, Bounce dryer sheets 
claim to be an insect repellent when worn on your belt, ankle, etc.  I have 
a country friend that swears by it.  I can't try it cuz the fragance sets of 
my asthma. hmmmmm.

olwen


>From: "Nicholas Sasso" <NJSasso at msplaw.com>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: RE: SC - Insect repellant = sekanjabin
>Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 08:07:04 -0400
>
><<<<<    PEST FIGHTER  A teaspoon of vinegar for each quart bowl of 
>drinking
>     water helps keep your pet free of fleas and ticks.  The ratio of
>     one teaspoon to one quart is for a forty pound animal.
>. . . . . . . .SNIP . . . . . . . . So, now we have another reason to serve 
>sekanjabin to the fighters: internal bug repellant.
>Bonne   >>>>>>>>>>
>
>My experience has been that the sugar content outweighs the vinegar 
>benefit.  The sugars from the day's meals leaches out in sweat, thereby 
>attracting the bugs and counteracts the vinegar repelling.   YMMV, of 
>course, but maybe less sugar and more vinegar would help me.  Either way, I 
>just stop eating anythinb sweet by 2pm to avoid buggies at nightfall.  
>Animals don't eat refined sugar, so have less of an issue with this.  It's 
>incredible what we sweat out of our systems.
>
>I have condsidered LemonBalm and/or Lavender in ointment/balm to ward of 
>biting beasties in light of my sugar-bug magnet problems.
>
>niccolo difrancesco
>
>
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