J52 = re your Grandma's cure for coughs etc. My Dad, was very much into 'natural medicine', many, many years before it became fashionable. As I child (I was born in 1941), an irratble cough at night, preventing sleep and he would warm up a cup (no mugs back then) of milk, and add in a good dollop of butter, which he would then spoon feed to me... I know I loved that TLC, but this remedy always worked - and obviously it would when you think about the ingredients on my throat.
Then there was his all-in cure for any long term cough/cold - a large onion, cut in half and liberally sprinkled with brown sugar and left a day. The ensuing syrup was then given to the sufferer. I would say, I detested this and just the smell of it was usually quite enough to set me on the road to recovery..
