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MY GRANDMA HAD AN ALOE PLANT IN HER YARD IN FLORIDA. SHE PEELED THE
COVER FROM THE PLANT AND RUBBED IT ON THE SUNBURN. IT WORKED FINE.
Submitter comment:
OUR FAMILY WOULD ALWAYS VACATION UN FLORIDA, AND THE LITTLE ONES
GET SUNBURNED. MY GRANDMOTHER HAD AN ALOE PLANT IN HER YARD SHE USED
TO SOOTHE OUR PAIN. INTERESTINGLY, ALOE HAS BECOME A MAIN INGREDIENT
IN TODAY'S SUNTAN LOTIONS.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; VENICE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
If you find a penny pick it up if the head side is up,
because that is good luck. However, if the tail side
is up do not pick it up because that is bad luck.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; VENICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Good luck Money BELIEF -- Bad luck Money |
Date learned: 00-00-1977