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i know there's a forum for it but i thought i'd post here. Anyone heard of or used the "vinegar soaked cardboard" on bruises before?
I tried it the other day and it worked. Quite amazing really - anyone got any theories on the science of it?
Ummm...... I've never heard of it, but I'll keep it in mind!
Yes it's an old remedy, mentioned in the nursery rhyme 'Jack and Jill'........
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
The second verse of the rhyme is less commonly performed:
Up Jack got and home did trot
As fast as he could caper;
And went to bed to mend his head
With vinegar and brown paper.
And before anyone says anything......I am aware that there are several versions of the second verse, but they all mention the vinegar and brown paper thing, which I assume is the same as the vinegar soaked cardboard that Simon mentions.
Ummmm.... capers.....
I NEVER EVER knew there was a second verse to that rhyme...
Given that my sis and I used to run up and roll down every grassy slope we came across while singing the rhyme, I shudder to think what we would have done had we known of the second verse
Simon, I ain't not no idea why it works - maybe the eastern medicine thing about it affecting blood flow is it.
I also know that for bruises, a tumeric paste applied to the area helps. Best to use fresh tumeric, but my mum has also used the powdered version.
Oh, and this other thing we used to use for sprains - we used to boil the leaves of the neem tree and apply to the sprained area. Leave over night etc. Would get rid of the swelling really well
There's a second verse to a lot of things... I knew of that one, but there are many others
And I probably don't know those either
i didn't know that one....but there are a few second verses i have heard of...
btw....vinegar is good for so many things that there are several websites devoted to those uses:
so far i can't find out why it works on bruises though..
How about this one?
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jill the dill forgot the pill
And came back with a daughter.
HAHAHAHAH
Hey diddle diddle
the cat had a fiddle
the cow jumped over the moon
and burnt up on re-entry
Muahahahahaha!
Mary had a little lamb
She tied it to a pylon
A thousand volts shot up its bum
and turned its wool to nylon.
Mary had a little lamb
Awfully dumb, it's true
It followed her into the butcher's shop
Now it's mutton stew.
Mary had a little lamb,
Her father shot it dead.
Now Mary takes her lamb to school
Between two hunks of bread.
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is great!
Any more??
its more of a surprise if it stays on topic for any length of time...
Mary had a little lamb
As filthy as a hog.
When asked how it got that way
She answers simply "smog"
Mary had a little lamb,
she called him Little Ralph,
But now he's burning in a pit
Because of foot and mouth.
Mary had a little lamb
She also had a bucket
I’ve often seen her little lamb
But I’ve never seen her … feed it
he nearly said a bad word!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAH
How do you know these SK?!
I can't stop laughing!
Some of them I knew from quite a while back... playground stuff 
Others I found when I went looking for the full words to ones I couldn't quite remember (didn't find the ones I vaguely remembered, did find some others)
wow i never heard of any of those other vrerses
I heard them / made some up when I was in school... I guess SK and i aren't very far apart age-wise, we would have heard the same stuff... interesting to know that they travel over continents though !!
Kids these days....
*Shakes head*
*shuffles off*
"Oldie!!!"
*grumble grumble*
no comment.
Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece was white and wispy.
Then along came Foot and Mouth Disease
And now it's black and crispy.
ewwwww..
hahahahahha
Mary had a little lamb,
She thought it was a duck,
She took it round the corner
to teach it how to...
Fry some eggs for breakfast,
Fry some eggs for tea,
The more you eat,
The more you drink,
The more you gotta...
Peter had a boat,
The boat began to rock,
Up came Jaws
And bit off his...
Cocktails,
Ginger ales,
Forty cents a glass,
If you don't like it,
Then shove it up your...
Ask no questions,
Tell no lies,
I saw two policemen
Doing up their...
Flies are bad,
Mosquitoes are worse
And this is the end
of my silly little verse.
That one was a favourite forever.. 
There's a really crude one here that I didn't want to post... but I laughed so bloody hard when I read it.. you'll know the one
that one morgan typed is similar to a rhyme i heard back in grade school. i dont think we started it off with mary had a little lamb tho.
I think the original one is Auntie mary had a canary, thought it was a duck...
or similar.... maybe it wasn't mary
I remember this one, it was sung to the Scottish tune 'Cock O' the North'..
Aunty Mary had a canary
Up the leg of her drawers.
Whem she farted it departed,
Never went there no more...
The boy stood on the burning deck
Eating red-hot scollups.
A wave came up
And shook the boat
He dropped the scollups
Entirely missed his bollucks.
Arthur - that totally doesn't make sense LOL!
When have I posted anything that makes sense...?
he does have a point..
Litttle Miss Muffet
Sat on her tuffet,
Swinging her legs about
Along came a spider
And sat down beside her
And she laughed her guts out!!
hahaha!
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a roll of cheese.
Jill came down with half a crown
And it wasn't for carrying the cheese.
Arthur, you remind me of this:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Most rhymes rhyme,
But this one doesn't
Geeky valentine -
Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF
All of my base,
Are belong to you.
Just think how pissed off Little Bo Peep was. Even worse, if she was a he and a Kiwi...
There was a young man called Dean
Who built a wanking machine.
On the 99th stroke,
The damn thing broke.
And it whipped his balls to cream.
this should be renamed the bawdy nursery tales tangle
hahaha Can't believe this is still going!
SK, I love the geeky one!
If I ever find a dateable geek, I'll use it
yeah.....where are all the dateable geeks?
*looks around* (I'm sure one of you lot have a decent "looking around" smiley, pretend I used that)
hmmm... define dateable - I'm a geek, but I somehow doubt you'd be interested
if you were a little older and not an ocean away.......i'd definitely look a little closer.
I've forgotten what the original Bo Peep rhyme was...
Anybody?
Wikipedia says this -
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
And can't tell where to find them.
Leave them alone, And they'll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Bo_Peep
There are another 4 verses, and as always, there are variations on it all...
SK - Sorry, when I said dateable, I should have specified, seeing that it can be taken out of context...
I meant someone that I'd date. So although you're lovely and charming, you ain't dateable for me. Cos I'm old and you're young.
I knew that, don't worry
all these silly verses reminded me of something from my distant youth...
mummy i'm unhappy,
there's something in my nappy,
its big and brown,
i can't sit down,
its running down my leggy,
like a boiled eggy,
its in my shoe,
its a lump of POO!!
Ew.
I'm eating lunch, you know
I just found this and now im using it everywhere
Roses are #FF0000,
Violets are #0000FF,
All of my Base,
Are belong to you.
@Sir M - EWWWWWWWWW
Happy, isn't that what SK posted too?
now i remember...i got it from here!!!!
It is very good my friends dont understand it :S
LOL!
You crack me up
what!?!
what did i do??
hehe you wouldnt think that if i wasnt so pathetic and forgetful and...yeh XD
Sir M - your icky rhyme
oh i see...you're ok with char grilled lambs....but you turn your nose up at a little bit of poo...
char grilled lambs??
How did you know I had satay last night!?
