Thread: Fennings
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Old 12-03-2011, 12:03   #3
Barrie Yates
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Re: Fennings

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Originally Posted by talentedbutslow View Post
As a kid , Mum used to dose us up with Fennings fever cure.Anyone else remember this foul tasting concoction?...You couldn,t drink it......only sip it.... and the taste stayed for hours...She used to give us a sweet to get rid of the taste ....it never did.This horrible cure was supposed to combat the common cold and myriad other diseases.
Not content with this torture....us kids were made to swallow olive oil and raspberry vinegar and halibut liver oil capsules...URRGGGGGHHHHHHH!
Fond rememberance, must have been wierd then as I loved it. Had a cat that started sneezing so Dad gave it some Fennings - we didn't see the cat for over a week.
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