Yup, someplace toward the end of my Gramma’s time the “canth” part of the original word got dropped, probably for convenience. Canth implies a sea shell connection so, yeah, that would relate to oil bearing shale. Gramma died in 1966, before any commercial concoctions were readily available or I expect the family druggist would have suggested one instead of making her mix her own.
That ancient fish would have been extremely flat by the time it got boiled down for Gramma. And that’s why I never throw books away. Sometimes they have stuff I wish I knew sooner or later.
And that’s why I never throw books away. Sometimes they have stuff I wish I knew sooner or later.
” when you read Moby Dick the second time, Ahab and the whale become friends”.