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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 1366749" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>I think all of this is interesting and I surely don't know the answer only what I have observed. I work outdoors and I can't remember the last time I pulled a tick off me. Chiggers don't seem to like me and mosquitoes don't bother me like they do others even though I rarely wear repellent. Years ago I had some Haitians show me a few tricks they used to keep the pests at bay. One was drinking pickle juice or consuming a lot of pickled or vinegar based foods. These seem to make a difference and I increase my intake of pickled foods when the bugs come out. I also don't react to poison ivy or oak. I can roll in it and it won't bother me. This is thanks to a tea I drank which was made from the leaves years ago. </p><p></p><p>All this stuff may be folk medicine and may not mean anything but I believe it enough to continue doing it because it seems to work. For me anyway. Still haven't a clue how someone can reach their hand up to a wasp nest bare handed and pull it out without getting stung though in broad daylight. I've heard this several times and it always had to do with reaching under the armpit first. I think I'll pose this question to some of the old timers around town and see what they have to say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 1366749, member: 4362"] I think all of this is interesting and I surely don't know the answer only what I have observed. I work outdoors and I can't remember the last time I pulled a tick off me. Chiggers don't seem to like me and mosquitoes don't bother me like they do others even though I rarely wear repellent. Years ago I had some Haitians show me a few tricks they used to keep the pests at bay. One was drinking pickle juice or consuming a lot of pickled or vinegar based foods. These seem to make a difference and I increase my intake of pickled foods when the bugs come out. I also don't react to poison ivy or oak. I can roll in it and it won't bother me. This is thanks to a tea I drank which was made from the leaves years ago. All this stuff may be folk medicine and may not mean anything but I believe it enough to continue doing it because it seems to work. For me anyway. Still haven't a clue how someone can reach their hand up to a wasp nest bare handed and pull it out without getting stung though in broad daylight. I've heard this several times and it always had to do with reaching under the armpit first. I think I'll pose this question to some of the old timers around town and see what they have to say. [/QUOTE]
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