OUR 'old-fashioned remedy' topic still lingers on.
Former St Helens couple Jim and Margaret Boken, now in Australia, provide two: A hot cinder in a cup of Guinness as a cold cure; and a "goose grease vest", fashioned from brown paper, generously spread with goose fat, to relieve infant chest problems.
n TRY 'em at yer peril!
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