Old folklore remedies

[dai dogs 2,140]

Well iv been using ibuprofen for knee pain for years a mate mentioned wrapping cabbage leaves around the knee I don’t know if it’s all in the mind like a gazebo effect but what I do know is the cabbage leaves are staying on the knee 

[Franks dad 2,348]

3 minutes ago, dai dogs said:

Well iv been using ibuprofen for knee pain for years a mate mentioned wrapping cabbage leaves around the knee I don’t know if it’s all in the mind like a gazebo effect but what I do know is the cabbage leaves are staying on the knee 

Never heard of the open  tent effect . Do you mean placebo effect 

[dai dogs 2,140]

3 minutes ago, Franks dad said:

Never heard of the open  tent effect . Do you mean placebo effect 

That’s it Frank

[mushroom 14,203]

42 minutes ago, dai dogs said:

Well iv been using ibuprofen for knee pain for years a mate mentioned wrapping cabbage leaves around the knee I don’t know if it’s all in the mind like a gazebo effect but what I do know is the cabbage leaves are staying on the knee 

The gazebo effect is rain don't hit you in the head during a BBQ

 

[mushroom 14,203]

Fuuck me, me laughing at this thread has opened a can of worms lol

The Mrs just gave me the V and put her tongue in the middle... Apparently in her country that's an insult.... Every lesbian withing 100m has started sniffing and my mates are giving me the fist bump

 

[WILF 51,015]

The best old fashioned remedy in the world is the phrase “Get on with it !” 
It will literally cure anything !

[mushroom 14,203]

I prefer Laudanum

 

[gnipper 6,864]

One of the lads at work had a lump on his hand like a ganglion cyst and I'd seen a video on smacking them with a big book so he let one of the other lads twat him and it was gone instantly.

[mitre 384]

Heard that one before hit with a heavy book a bible for example or a large heavy cook book 

[mushroom 14,203]

1 minute ago, mitre said:

Heard that one before hit with a heavy book a bible for example or a large heavy cook book 

Yeah limp chicken and a bit of gool oil put that with chicken, garlic and bollocks. Make sure to add baby 

[dai dogs 2,140]

37 minutes ago, mushroom said:

The gazebo effect is rain don't hit you in the head during a BBQ

 

Got them mixed up some people think their biggest strengths are looking for other people’s weaknesses 

[mitre 384]

Fake pills or Micky mouse medicine  

[Daniel cain 49,388]

I will personally try something natural..before something that's prescribed...

[paul sr 943]

This is an old Irish remedy, you wipe your arse with nettles to cure hemorrhoids .

[Bendigo 1,227]

Comfrey or nip bone. 

My dad used to fill a bottle with it and top up with water. It was then left for months and brought out of anyone had an ache or pain. We would have to sit with our sore arm or foot in a bowl of the stinking stuff.