[AT] Old time cures

[kgw]

My mother used Bag Balm for years and years---I still have abut a dozen 
empty tins down in the basement  Maybe I'll figure out a use for them 
one of these days!!  Never heard of  "Udgah", though!

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Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois USA


Carl Tatlock wrote:

> Speaking of old time medicines and such-- in the 1940's there were two 
> products that were popular up here in New England dairy country.  One 
> was "Bag Balm", used by dairymen and made here in Vermont.  Cow 
> udders, chapped hands, rips and abrasions in the skin-- it was good 
> for everything.
> Another was "Udgah"--advertised as a fix-all for cow udders.  !0-year 
> old boys thought that name was very funny-- and the phrase "Holy 
> Udgah!" was enough to start a whole class of 3rd graders to go into 
> hysterics.   (Ask me how I know...)
>
> Bag Balm is still around and a popular remedy-- still made in VT, 
> still sold in the same containers--from little bitty cans for 
> tourists, to the large economy size for farm use. The only change I 
> know of was when in the 1920's they changed the name  from "Kow Kure" 
> to "Bag Balm."  It is the consistency of  a very thick axle grease.   
> It smells great--will unclog sinuses, protect hands from weather, and 
> the cows still like it too.    Some things don't need 
> improvement..             Carl in VT
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