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However strange onion syrup might sound there are even worse cures in the bunch! The worst remedy has got to be from the man who said his mother would make a poultice from an old, sweaty sock coated in salt which was then wrapped around the throat. This was to be accompanied by a hot water bottle, of course. Other cures involved goose grease and one poor fellow said the best cure was to “work it off”.
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One woman wisely suggested flushing your body by drinking 5 or 6 glasses of water a day, which is probably the best advice of all these to be honest.
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Perhaps the most elegant home remedy offered in the interviews was to drink a glass of elderflower wine before bed to be better “in a day or two”. Each household had their own way of dealing with cold and flu symptoms, that’s for sure.
