My mother gave me a dose (spoonful) of turpentine and sugar for the croup, when I was small....along with it came a hot mustard plaster on my chest. She would also make our cough syrup: One slice of onion, spread with sugar, do this so its stacked high about 8 inches in a bowl, then weigh the top down with a saucer over night...often with a sadiron on top of the saucer...then the next day the juice which was pressed out was given a teaspoon for a cough syrup to soothe the throat...the remainder...
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