My grandfather used to use kerosene, he called it “coal oil”, to douse dogs, and me, for ticks............
Oh, Man! Was anyone accidentally set aflame? LOL!
We had, ‘Grandma’s Goose Grease’ which was just your basic antibiotic cream - but we really thought it WAS goose grease as kids.
Dad would slather that on us if we got a cut or a scrape.