tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post7129063524765909096..comments2024-03-28T13:29:38.430+00:00Comments on Eccentric Amblings and Ramblings From Gnat Bottomed Towers: Blowing the Cobwebs AwayArilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-39833237441164093732020-05-01T10:03:23.521+01:002020-05-01T10:03:23.521+01:00They are using leeches here again in the UK for ce...They are using leeches here again in the UK for certain operations! ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-66956820972867305492020-05-01T10:02:46.580+01:002020-05-01T10:02:46.580+01:00Glad you found it so! ArilxGlad you found it so! ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-81162146723720592992020-05-01T10:02:28.112+01:002020-05-01T10:02:28.112+01:00Thank you for that extra tidbit. It all makes even...Thank you for that extra tidbit. It all makes even more sense when the science back it up. ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-77308420696085393842020-05-01T10:01:43.858+01:002020-05-01T10:01:43.858+01:00I think of them as fly catchers so leave them in p...I think of them as fly catchers so leave them in place too! ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-91623583660395647122020-05-01T10:01:22.350+01:002020-05-01T10:01:22.350+01:00Hadn't heard about the moss. Knew they used ho...Hadn't heard about the moss. Knew they used honey to treat wounds. It's all fascinating to me. ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-28119728060022521942020-05-01T03:18:55.810+01:002020-05-01T03:18:55.810+01:00This use of cobwebs is among our clan's scraps...This use of cobwebs is among our clan's scraps of lore dating from the Great Depression. It's said that a granny practiced folk medicine by referring to a Pharmacopeia and a WWI field medic's guide. The cobwebs' box hasn't worried me as much as the jar of leeches... Beth Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720634636307254576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-35152995343278832972020-04-30T13:54:17.363+01:002020-04-30T13:54:17.363+01:00Never heard of that one before Aril...how interest...Never heard of that one before Aril...how interesting. xWinters End Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924495691256051693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-54585510066937155682020-04-30T08:44:49.475+01:002020-04-30T08:44:49.475+01:00Several of my Victorian horse books state that cob...Several of my Victorian horse books state that cobwebs should always be left in stables, for putting on wounds as well. I didn't know the science behind it but the static charge repelling bacteria sounds like something the medical practitioners should take on board.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-40574514913991881912020-04-30T08:12:59.137+01:002020-04-30T08:12:59.137+01:00Oh good - an excuse for not sweeping away the cobw...Oh good - an excuse for not sweeping away the cobwebs in my house!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-33639841585689726722020-04-30T08:11:29.730+01:002020-04-30T08:11:29.730+01:00I knew cobwebs were used as wound dressings and as...I knew cobwebs were used as wound dressings and assumed it was just for their clotting properties, all the other stuff are new to me, that is amazing. Up here spaghnum moss fills that brief as a wound dressing, also with more positive properties discovered with modern science, where as before it was used 'because it worked' xkjsutcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064786032612487652noreply@blogger.com