January 9th, 2009

It's here!

Take Ya to Jamaica Day! We take off tonight with our winner Dave and his wife on our first portion of our trip, to Toronto. Then, early tomorrow morning we are off to Jamaica!

Monday morning we are live from the beach at Sandal's Grande Ocho Rios Beach and Villa Resort in Jamaica. AND we're giving away ANOTHER trip next week!

Listen for your cue to call to qualify. We'll be talking about all things Jamaica and later in the show we'll ask you to call and tell us what we were talking about. There will be 5 qualifiers next week, the Grand Prize will be drawn FRIDAY! We want to Take Ya to Jamaica!

Today we talked about how the common cold and fevers were treated in the "Olden Days"

to reduce fever...drink boiled onions
to cure a cold...boil a hog hoof and drink the water
to get rid of a headache...rub an onion over your forehead
to cure boils...carry nutmeg in your pocket
to grow taller...eat a banana
to get rid of freckles...rub a live frog on your face
to treat cramps...place a magnet at the foot of your bed to draw the pain from your body
to get rid of warts...wrap a strip of bacon around your head

Then Dave called in with this cure for the common cold...
You'll need...
hot mustard
flour
mix the mustard and flour to make a paste
place the paste in between 2 pieces of wax paper
place on chest
You can also use the paste directly on the chest, though it may be too hot for some.

Thanks to Anna for this fever remedy
You'll need...
white sport socks
white vinegar
soak the socks in white vinegar
Ring the socks out
put the socks on
wrap up feet with a large towel or blanket (this is so you can't smell the vinegar)
in 30 minutes the socks will be bone dry and the fever will go down

Talk to you Monday!!!