I remember in the ‘60’s, my mom rubbing raw garlic on us when we had the mumps. I can’t recall if it worked!
Maybe she was preparing you for death. Or as hors d’oeuvres.
53 posted on 01/04/2021 11:41:21 AM PST by lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)