tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post6753370661602024051..comments2024-03-04T07:40:27.538+00:00Comments on N e e d l e p r i n t: Jane Franklin, Tasmania and John's Piano - and Toast and Vinegar in a SockN E E D L E P R I N Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05016259421156728225noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-47921029694985512952010-10-26T14:32:47.176+01:002010-10-26T14:32:47.176+01:00Absolutely stellar title - I was cracking up when ...Absolutely stellar title - I was cracking up when I read your grandmother's cold cure! I'll have to try it. Or... well. Maybe not!Mary Corbethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784249791065857006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-59715685724058106742010-10-26T10:10:16.487+01:002010-10-26T10:10:16.487+01:00Asafetida and garlic! That sounds like a cure from...Asafetida and garlic! That sounds like a cure from the Roman Empire - probably not,as you say, for first dates.... though I had a friend whose mother gave her heavily garlicked dishes before she went out on dates, I suppose the dates kept a good distance - that is, unless their mums had done likewise.N E E D L E P R I N Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016259421156728225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-45850710065868277292010-10-26T05:34:15.971+01:002010-10-26T05:34:15.971+01:00"....cure for colds was vinegar on toast insi..."....cure for colds was vinegar on toast inside a sock tied around your neck. ....."<br /><br />Golly, do I remember the days! Where I lived (midwest US) it was a big spoonful of asafetida paste and 2 crushed cloves of garlic in the bag around the neck.<br /><br />Made a great friend repellent.<br /><br />SJUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07259335852824102204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-8681867394791665712010-10-26T03:39:45.949+01:002010-10-26T03:39:45.949+01:00PS I found this interesting biographical article a...PS I found this interesting biographical article about Jane Franklin which may be of interest<br /><br />http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010379b.htmClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293118986621010393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385848468383267674.post-59675674834003545922010-10-26T03:25:42.775+01:002010-10-26T03:25:42.775+01:00I now want to find out more about the Orphan's...I now want to find out more about the Orphan's School as I live in New Town- where it was located.<br /><br />I have a memory of being told that Jane Franklin was the first european woman to climb Mt Wellington in Hobart - so it seems she was quite plucky :-) Though I think a sedan chair may have been involved LOLClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293118986621010393noreply@blogger.com