Aunt Dollie's Remedies and Tips

<P>Long before the arrival of the twenty-four-hour pharmacy folk healers took care of aches pains and sniffles with home-grown remedies. Hidden in their kitchens they had their own bag of tricks used for centuries to treat what ailed them. Growing up Clementine Holmes Bass learned about many of these home cures from her beloved aunt Dollie a woman whose wits and wisdom profoundly impacted the author's life. Some of her best days were spent in Aunt Dollie's kitchen laughing and learning about her friends family and ancestors. Clementine shares some of her late aunt's best advice as an entertaining look at how things were once done.</P> <P>Aunt Dollie advocated the use of commonly found ingredients such as sulphur powder molasses mustard plasters onion and even turpentine. Clementine however does not advocate that these remedies be mistaken for actual medical advice. She shares this information more as a humorous glance back at simpler times not as a handbook for modern injuries and sicknesses-and she isn't recommending these techniques for your use. Instead she offers Dollie's extensive collection of recipes tips and advice for entertainment amusement and historical value.</P> <P>Alongside Aunt Dollie's contributions Clementine also shares some treasures she learned from her Choctaw ancestors and the senior citizens of Cleveland County Arkansas. Some of these cures are practical-and others will boggle your mind!</P>