JUNE'S MEETING UPDATE

June's meeting was held on Tuesday 11th in Llanarth Village Hall. Our President Isabel introduced and welcomed Eleri Davies who gave the group a very interesting talk on old remedies, many of which go back to the 13th century and the works of the Myddygion Myddfai/Physicians of Myddfai. Most of the recipes for old remedies have disappeared as

they were handed down in an oral tradition from mothers to the youngest daughter and were kept secret - these wise women were often thought of as being witches.
There are different recipes for remedies in different areas. An old remedy for 'keeping fit' was:-

Get up early and do not stay up late. Wash in cold water and dry off with a coarse towel. Drink water and no alcohol. Eat early in the evening. Walk 10 miles a day. Eat plain food. One treat at a time i.e. bread and butter or bread and jam or bread and cheese but never put bread, butter and jam. Eat slowly. Stay in the open air. Go to work with a smile on your face.

One of the stories Eleri told us about was of a boy from this area that had bad psoriasis - the boy helped his father with a cow that was calving and while this was happening some of the placenta from the cow fell on his arm that had the psoriasis, which helped his condition get

better.


Some other old remedies were:-
Colds - soak feet in hot water with mustard.
Bad chest - goose fat and a red flannel.
Sore throat - take off your woollen sock, fill it with bacon fat and wrap it around the throat.
Hooping cough - drink more milk or go down a tunnel after a train (would no longer work now - very few steam trains these days!).
Worms - wear a necklace of garlic.
Arthritis - eat two sticks of celery every day.
Dust in the eyes -  lick the dust out with tongue.
Bleeding profusely from a wound - wrap cobwebs around the wound.

If you had a toothache and there was no local dentist, you would go and visit the local smithy and he would extract the tooth for you - ouch! 
A good tip for a cream for aftersun, cuts, dry skin and wounds - pick as many elderflower blossoms without the stalks as you can - in an old saucepan melt petroleum jelly but do not boil and add two big handfuls of the elderflowers to the melted petroleum jelly - leave to infuse for some time and then strain the mixture back into the jar. A similar cream for back or neck pain uses melted petroleum jelly with comfrey leaves.

We all found Eleri's talk most interesting and informative - Margaret V gave the vote of thanks. The competition for an old remedy for a cold was won by Denise and the raffle was won by Margaret V. Refreshments were provided by Isabel and Dianne.


 

JUNE'S MEETING

June's meeting will be held in Llanarth Village Hall on Tuesday 11th June at 7:30pm.

This months guest speaker will be ELERI DAVIES who will be giving a talk on OLD REMEDIES. Many of us no doubt have memories of remedies our parents and grandparents would give us when we were ill as children....who can forget the taste of Castor oil and malt.

 To continue the theme this months competition is OLD REMEDIES FOR A COLD - so bring along your remedies for a cold to the meeting to see if you can win.

If you'd like to know more about Llanarth WI or would like to join, please send us an email - email link can be found on the right hand side of this page. More contact details can be found on our posters in Llanarth Village notice board at the school or in the shop window of 'Awsome Pork' butchers.

MAY TRIP UPDATE

Delma giving advice on colours

A wide range of items to paint

Tuesday 28th May saw the group go on our Mystery Trip. We left Llanarth school car park at 5:45pm and headed south. Going through Synod Inn we carried on the road towards Cardigan. However when we came to Gwenlli, we took a right turn at the crossroads and headed towards Cwmtydu, going through the village of Caerwedros, finally stopping at the end of the village by the green tin shed that was formally know as Derw Stores and which is now

Denise working on her flowers

know as the "Pea Pod Junction".

Margaret W in deep concentration

The Pea Pod is a lovely vintage shop selling hand made soaps, brooches and quirky gifts. To the rear of the shop is a pottery studio where you can choose an item from a vast selection on display and paint it yourself - the possibilities are endless and there were plenty of ideas to inspire us in our painting. We all found it very relaxing and hugely satisfying. When our chosen pots, tiles or dishes had been painted they were left for glazing and firing. We were all given friendly help and advice from Delma their experienced potter.

The group at the Wellington Inn

Now that's what I call a Pavlova!!

 At the end of two enjoyable hours we were ready for our bar meal. It was just a short car ride down to New Quay and the Wellington Inn, where we had more than our fill of delicious food - a few of us even managed to have a desert!
 Melda won the competition of guessing the mileage to the first destination and a wonderful night was had by all.

Other photographs of the evening