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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 479 Send Message	Sue from Wakefield	Report	15 Dec 2004 21:53
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 479 Send Message	Went up to Granny's today to try and get some info on her rellies (She's in her 80s).....well she told me how to make rugs out of rags......how to black lead the grate the proper way.......how to make home made gripe water (it's a wonder we all survived!!) ........and how (believe this or believe this not) urined mixed with pidgeon droppings makes home made bleach for clothes!!....and no I didn't find out any names....Sue xx
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17 958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	15 Dec 2004 22:04
	Aah Bless her, I used to love listening to my Dear Grans old tales!, have also heard the one about black-leading, and how in her day "children were seen and not heard"! :) Just wish she was still here..
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 3 299 Send Message	Len of the Chilterns	Report	15 Dec 2004 23:17
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 3 299 Send Message	My granny never associated grandad's nightly attentions with what followed 9 months later . It was an act of God that followed the Marriage Sacrament! (heard that from my mum) She also believed that if there was no bulb in the electric light socket, the electricity would escape and electrocute everyone in the house. She told me so. Len