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When I think of the letter R, I immediately see before my mind's eye a bottle of cod-liver oil!
Huh??
Yes, cod-liver oil!!
My mum used to say:" the R is in the month, which means, that you children, will get a spoonful of cod-liver oil every night before going to bed!". And so we had to swallow that nasty tasting stuff from September till May. My mum said it was healthy and protected us against all kind of diseases.
When my children were still very young, my doctor advised me to give them a similar medicine, which tasted a lot better because of the orange juice in it. And again as soon as the R was taking place in the winter months, I gave the children a spoonful of the stuff and they didn't like it either. When April was over and May had begun, I stopped giving them this medicine!
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OMG Will...I remember having to take that cr*p when I was a kid and it made me GAG! I always offered to take the trash out to the garbage bin in the backyard after taking it so I could spit it out in the garden! Oh gross...I would never force my kids to take that stuff. I'm so glad there are better vitamin supplements now!
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ReplyDeleteI have to say gratefully that I did not partake in that RITUAL! Great post - thanks for hosting, and have a great week.
ReplyDeleteI'd RATHER not partake in that ROTTEN RITUAL!!
ReplyDeleteI love the photographs in this post. Great intro to R.
ReplyDeletesuch a familiar ritual! I was telling my youngest about my mom's giving me cod liver oil in a glass with orange juice. Of course, they didn't mix, but at least I had the juice's flavor to offset the oil. Right away, he googles cod liver oil on his smart phone. Mom was right in giving it to my brother and me. So I bought cod liver oil capsules and I'm taking them 3x daily.
ReplyDeleteThat first photo is priceless! And so glad the cod liver oil is of the past (for me) and I never gave it to my kids.
ReplyDeleteI gave both my sons the cold liver oil with the orange flavour in it but the younger son prefer the one without the flavoring, and keep asking for more! weird child that boy.
ReplyDeleteLove the RETRO photographs and REMINDER of cod liver oil, I was subjected to it too! Luckily, it's no longer part of my daily RECOMMENDED allowance of nutrients:)
ReplyDeleteMy mother told us she had to take cod liver oil daily as a child so never gave it to us because she hated it so much. What a creative post!
ReplyDeleteI had to take it that too ! Yikes ! But I had never given it to my son this Lebertran was out of fashion !
ReplyDeleteHi! Very interesting story. I took a Rhodendron flower in my post. THank you for your hosting.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think I suffered with that as a child- was it really made from cods' livers? No wonder I became a vegetarian!
ReplyDeleteIt is funny that everywhere in the world parents were giving cod liver oil to their children.
ReplyDeleteThanks everybody for your comments!
I think I was a weird child, my mother used to hide the cod liver oil because I like to drink it. I must say my taste buds are now 'normal' and only ever take the capsules.
ReplyDeleteYou are very brave, Joy! And probably very healthy!
DeleteThat's a new one for me!! Never heard of the "R" in the month. I guess that's what we call holistic now.
ReplyDeleteAnn
Kind of like us old folks now taking our "fish oil" capsules. Can never escape it, but at least we don't have to taste it!
ReplyDeleteHappy Wednesday!
Ann, R in the months means that all 8 months containing the letter R, need extra vitamins. The 4 months without the letter R (May, June, July, August) are healthy enough and don't need cod-liver oil.
ReplyDeleteBut what is "holistic"?
I've never known of the R rule! I'm glad, because I have no desire to ingest cod liver oil or any other of those old timer remedies that are supposed to be good for you...give me bran, LOL!
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we had cod liver oil at home, but we used to line up for our vaccination.
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