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Right on. Nice find. I love the nostalgia. I was at Obed river years ago and ran into an old man, called The Preacher, that lived in an old farm house at the trail head. He had a pickup truck load of deer intails, bones, ect.. that he got at a taxidermist to feed to his dogs (it was deer season). We were having a conversation about a recent fire and he told me that back in the day the locals would all get together to put out a forest fire. Somewhere in the conversation I asked him what they did for snake bites and he told me that they carried a bottle of coal oil and would rub it into the snake bite. And that was it. He said he still used coal oil (now kerosene) if one of his dogs got snake bit.

An odd thing about that place that we always noted was that his son lived in an old farm house right across the dirt road and he always had womens dresses hanging on hangers from tree limbs in the yard. The preacher and his son both lived alone and we always figured the son was trying to attract a mate. It was spooky.


Now that is an interesting story. My grandmother was Chiricahua Apache and used coal oil, sulfur, gun powder, and dozens of traditional herbs and plants to heal and even prevent health problems. It's also interesting how many traditional herbs are being touted today as "new" ingredients by drug companies. I like the old ways, our ancestors didn't have the synthetics that we use and they lived to old ages.

Regarding the dresses in the tree, yes, that strikes me as kinda spooky too! It also makes me wonder who may have been buried in his back yard. If my wife passes away before me, I'll try the idea of hanging her dresses out in a tree to attract a new one. I could even make a few bucks while I was at it by adding some price tags. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for the great post. Brum
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