What That Smell?

Cover your nose!

 

It’s Garlic Day! 

 

Scientifically, it would be

Allium Sativum Day –

but that doesn’t have

the same ring to it. 

 You get the sense

that some cool facts are coming,

don’t you?! 

I didn’t know this one –

garlic and onions

are in the same family

as asparagus. 

 

 

We already know that,

if vampires and devils

are giving you a hard time,

strings of garlic will keep

these nasty things at bay! 

Way, way back in 1858,

garlic was noted for it’s

 anti-bacterial qualities. 

 Think this was a long time ago? 

 The Chinese wrote about garlic

 way, way, way, way

back in 3000BC! 

 I like this one –

if you add garlic to wine,

 drink it and then vomit...

your haemorrhoids will disappear! 

 Thoughts were that it helped

stop epilepsy, asthma,

coughing and insomnia. 

Maybe it helps with

dog and snake bites

(Australia does have

some nasty snakes, though...

 I don’t know that garlic

alone would save me

 from a brown snake bite!) 

 

Toothache? 

Soak garlic in vinegar –

chew the garlic...

problem solved! 

So, a clove a day keeps

the doctor away –

seems to be true enough! 

 A clove a day

lowers blood pressure,

helps against heart disease,

fungal and bacterial infections. 

 The list of benefits goes

 on and on and on...

Photos from here and here.

Small milestone...

this is the Cow’s 300^th post!