Way back in the day, they would say to ingest some sulfur which would repel both skitters and ticks.
Don’t remember if it worked.
Yes, you used to be able to buy ‘Flowers of Sulfur’ at any country store or drug store. I bet they would call 911 if you asked for that today, thinking you were either a terrorist making a bomb or a meth-head making some ‘Shake n’ Bake’ meth...................