SC - Insect repellant = sekanjabin
Olwen the Odd
olwentheodd at hotmail.com
Thu Sep 21 10:21:10 PDT 2000
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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