Is it possible to 'catch a chill'?

It's the getting chilled bit that matters. If they had sat their bums in the cold water it would have had the same effect. So long as it chilled the rest of them (and it probably would)

Sorry if I'm teaching my granny to suck eggs.

I knew there was a good reason for wearing bedsocks.

Just caught up with this again... lots of interesting stuff and now I do believe the theory that feeling/getting cold can allow already present viruses to grab hold! The "common myths" discussed had me remembering how we used to think sitting on cold concrete (say like a step) would cause piles! People didn't euphemise in those days.

This is the brilliant BBC correspondent report on Italian attitudes to the "chill" aka cervicale.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15987082

Jess

It is isn't it anno lovely bit of writing and v entertaining

Maybe kingcough was whooping cough - would make sense but dear old gran just thought it was a mega disease that you could get anywhere! It went with piles from resting your bum on radiators. 'Under there' was a tricky area for her.

Jess, I heard the same correspondent on 'From Our Own Correspondent' (R4) today - very entertaining, about being a non-meat-eater in Italy.

I must have Italian blood! Enjoyed reading that.

My DD spent a year in bologna so have sent her the report on chills. Very funny.
I personally found it terrifying to cross the roads in bologna. They just dived out into the traffic on very wide main roads. Scary!!
finally found the square brackets on my iPad after five months. Might have a face!

Whoo hoo

I am firmly convinced that how you are feeling emotionally/mentally interacts with your physical wellbeing, and can influence whether you catch a bug etc, At the risk of sounding like HRH!!!!

It's well known that teachers are ill when they have time to be ill - ie as soon as the holidays begin. Just ask my DiL!

Or my dd