How the Irish saved civilization
(Ulster blue plaque, 16 High Street, Belfast)
© Peter Rozovsky 2008
Labels: images, Ireland, Northern Ireland, what I did on my vacation
posted by Peter Rozovsky at 12:26 AM
Sunday, September 14, 2008
© Peter Rozovsky 2008
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- Name: Peter Rozovsky
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
This blog is a proud winner of the 2009 Spinetingler Award for special services to the industry and its blogkeeper a proud former guest on Wisconsin Public Radio's Here on Earth. In civilian life I'm a copy editor in Philadelphia. When not reading crime fiction, I like to read history. When doing neither, I like to travel. When doing none of the above, I like listening to music or playing it, the latter rarely and badly. Click here to find an independent bookstore near you.
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19 Comments:
Why was it so good for us?
Better that than castor oil.
Castor oil I have never had the pleasure of taking. From its reputation, though, I expect that any plaque to its discoverer would produce riots, or at least groans and shudders.
I don't know why it was good for us, but if it tasted bad, it had to do us good.
Oh, boy, I can remember my mother chasing me around with a tsp in her hand.
they gave him a knighthood for that. it must have brought royal relief.
Yeah, I expect that Sir James' knighthood cleared out a painful bloating of the honors list that year.
Patti, it could have been worse. She could have been chasing you with a tbsp in her hand.
As my mother used to say, lose a day if haven't learned something.
Had no idea!
Welcome back, Peter. How many books in total?
Pure gold.
PM, I thought your comment was going to be a maternal justification for milk of magnesia. "As my mother used to say" just has a certain ring to it.
Thanks for the welcome. If you insist on statistics, twenty-four (plus one unpublished manuscript!)
Loren, this must be the first time the phrase "pure gold" has been associated with milk of magnesia.
How cool! I remember having that stuff applied as a kid. :)
Linda
Now you know whom to thank for that dubious pleasure. I didn't know it was applied, though. I thought it was administered, either as liquid or a tablet. Perhaps Dr. Murray's invention was more versatile than I know.
Linda, I just took a look at your historical-markers site. Now that's cool.
It attempting to administer to an unwilling recipient, it was often inadvertently applied. (to the face, the carpet, the front of the administrator...)
Ha! Perhaps that could have been the path to discovering that it has cleaning powers as strong externally as they are, er, internally.
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