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5th September 2017, 08:53 AM
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the indian corn man
I may have posted this before, but on the Jalasilton Hall, circa 1960 , we spent 7 months on the Pakistan and Indian coast, and i remember well an old Indian guy coming aboard, and his claim to cure corns. One of our donkeymen, a paddy, had feet like a bag of marbles, he could hardly walk without pain from his corns, he decided to let this guy have a go (from memory it was about five bob a corn ) quite expensive at that time, all the Indian guy had was a tiny funnel shaped gourd, about an inch and a half high, he placed it over one of Paddys corns, sucked at the end of the gourd , placed his finger over the end of the gourd, and with that the whole of the root of the corn came out. Now this was not a con, as paddy had several of these corns extracted this way, and you could see the way he was able to walk pain free afterwards. I wonder if anyone else saw these guys working this way, kt
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5th September 2017, 09:02 AM
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Never seen that done but had heard of such by a Lady friend quire a few Years ago that came from those parts!
Don't think I would like to do that!
I wonder if it was very painful!
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5th September 2017, 09:15 AM
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All i can vouch for was Paddy could not bear anyone to touch his feet because of his corns, but didn't seem to be in pain, several of the crew had the work done. one i remember told the Indian guy he did not have a corn, the Indian asked to have a look at his feet, and touched the bottom of his foot, and the guy felt the pain, and the Indian had one more customer. I can remember thinking this guy would make a fortune back home in the UK, he could have made a lot of money from my old Dad who had terrible corns, kt
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Just reminded me of the guys we used to get aboard in port, shoe repairs , haircuts etc. In fact we always had one guy who claimed to be a hairdresser among the crew, i am sure some of them had never held a pair of scissors in their life before, any thing to make a couple of packets of fags, some of those haircuts were a joy to behold, kt
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5th September 2017, 09:30 AM
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seem to remember the practice of a hot bottle the neck of which was stuck on an offending boil or abscess ..only left one big hole after use but the offending blip was gone.....cappy
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5th September 2017, 09:33 AM
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My dear old Mothers recipe (Fix) for Corns was to get some old Sunlight Soap and warm it with Sugar making a Poltice ,then being warm still applying it to the offending Area ,which in turn extracted the Corn after a while,sometimes took a day or two though!
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5th September 2017, 09:34 AM
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Remember that as well cappy,and am sure it worked well!
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5th September 2017, 09:50 AM
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Yeah heard of the Corn sucker , some of the old cures from years gone by are better than what is around today.Bad head cold was it a boil of boiling water and a hand full of Cloves in it and a tea towel over your head???
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5th September 2017, 10:16 AM
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..funny thing liked a glass or two of rum and cloves in kiwi and oz never got a hangover always thought the cloves...kept me head clear....cappy
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5th September 2017, 10:32 AM
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gray_marian
Have OD'd on cloves all week Lewis since molar removed,
I thought it was eucalyptus oil or apple cider vinegar that mum used with the towel and bowl? Recall mustard being used but what the heck for!
##mustard to put in hot water and and put your feet in a sure cure for a heavy cold ....supposedly...lol
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5th September 2017, 10:34 AM
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#9.. I know that you the Scots had some peculiar recipes Marian, when I used to come in from school and asked my Mother, what's for tea mum, she would often say. Stewed bagpipes and fried umbrellas . JS.
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