[Margaret Pilkington]

My Old Auntie used to swear by a mixture of Dark Rum, Honey.....equal quantities mixed with the juice of two lemons....the concoction was thoroughly mixed and was taken by the spoonful every 4 hours from the onset of a sore throat......I think the equal quantites were a big table spoon.....table spoons DID seem to be bigger than the ones that we use now....I think they held something in the region of 30 mls......she swore by it and colds used to vanish almost overnight......if you did get a bad chest you would be put into a brownpaper vest and your chest would be rubbed with goose grease.....my how that stuff stank.....no-one would sit next to you in class.