lol Holes... I figured it was an old wives tale, but didnt want to look it up. hahaha wel, it was a thought, and still worth a try

as for adults catching it, I did look up swine flu and found that this is the same strain of flu that was in epidemic in the late 70's. the winter of 77-78 to be exact. If you were around then, you probably had it. and wont catch it again. good to know for us old folks

well, I was around then, so maybe that's why i was spared /biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

i dont have any memory of having a bad flu, but i would have

been only 10 so maybe i just forgot about it.

Hahaha onions, lifes cure-all. Now I want to watch Holes....

Dang that's a lot of sick kids, thankfully (knock on wood) we haven't had these problems at my school yet. I've been in Kinder since September and these kids are just walking germ machines, lol but they're great and I'm hoping they will stay healthy!

lol Holes... I figured it was an old wives tale, but didnt want to look it up. hahaha wel, it was a thought, and still worth a try

as for adults catching it, I did look up swine flu and found that this is the same strain of flu that was in epidemic in the late 70's. the winter of 77-78 to be exact. If you were around then, you probably had it. and wont catch it again. good to know for us old folks

Dang that's a lot of sick kids, thankfully (knock on wood) we haven't had these problems at my school yet. I've been in Kinder since September and these kids are just walking germ machines, lol but they're great and I'm hoping they will stay healthy!

Info from about.com: Interesting!

There's no scientific basis for this old wives' tale, which dates at least as far back as the 1500s, when it was believed that distributing raw onions around a residence guarded against the bubonic plague. This was long before germs were discovered, of course, and a prevalent theory held that contagious diseases were spread by miasma, or "noxious air." It was apparently believed that onions, whose absorbent qualities had been well known since ancient times, could cleanse the air by trapping harmful odors.

"When a home was visited by the plague," writes Lee Pearson in Elizabethans at Home (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1957), "slices of onion were laid on plates throughout the house and not removed till ten days after the last case had died or recovered. Since onions, sliced, were supposed to absorb elements of infection, they were also used in poultices to draw out infection."

In the ensuing centures the technique remained a staple of folk medicine, with application not only as a preventative for the plague, but to ward off all kinds of epidemic diseases, including smallpox, influenza, and other "infectious fevers." It even outlasted the concept of miasma, which began to give way to the germ theory of infectious disease in the late 1800s.

This transition is illustrated by passages from two different 19th-century texts, one of which claims that sliced onions will absorb a "poisonous atmosphere," while the other says onions can absorb "all the germs" in a sickroom.

"Whenever and wherever a person is suffering from any infectious fever," we read in Duret's Practical Household Cookery, published in 1891, "let a peeled onion be kept on a plate in the room of the patient. No one will ever catch the disease, provided the said onion be replaced every day by one freshly peeled, as then it will have absorbed the whole of the poisonous atmosphere of the room, and become black."

"It has been repeatedly observed that an onion patch in the immediate vicinity of a house acts as a shield against the pestilence," states the Western Dental Review, published in 1887. "Sliced onions in a sick room absorb all the germs and prevent contagion."

There is, of course, no more scientific basis for the belief that onions absorb all the germs in a room than for the belief that they rid the air of "poisons."

Can the onion be boiled afterward to kill the absorbed germs and then used

in a Spaghetti sauce? If so would the dead germs contained in the sauce act as

a type of inoculation from said various diseases? /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

There's no scientific basis for this old wives' tale, which dates at least as far back as the 1500s, when it was believed that distributing raw onions around a residence guarded against the bubonic plague. This was long before germs were discovered, of course, and a prevalent theory held that contagious diseases were spread by miasma, or "noxious air." It was apparently believed that onions, whose absorbent qualities had been well known since ancient times, could cleanse the air by trapping harmful odors.

"When a home was visited by the plague," writes Lee Pearson in Elizabethans at Home (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1957), "slices of onion were laid on plates throughout the house and not removed till ten days after the last case had died or recovered. Since onions, sliced, were supposed to absorb elements of infection, they were also used in poultices to draw out infection."

In the ensuing centures the technique remained a staple of folk medicine, with application not only as a preventative for the plague, but to ward off all kinds of epidemic diseases, including smallpox, influenza, and other "infectious fevers." It even outlasted the concept of miasma, which began to give way to the germ theory of infectious disease in the late 1800s.

This transition is illustrated by passages from two different 19th-century texts, one of which claims that sliced onions will absorb a "poisonous atmosphere," while the other says onions can absorb "all the germs" in a sickroom.

"Whenever and wherever a person is suffering from any infectious fever," we read in Duret's Practical Household Cookery, published in 1891, "let a peeled onion be kept on a plate in the room of the patient. No one will ever catch the disease, provided the said onion be replaced every day by one freshly peeled, as then it will have absorbed the whole of the poisonous atmosphere of the room, and become black."

"It has been repeatedly observed that an onion patch in the immediate vicinity of a house acts as a shield against the pestilence," states the Western Dental Review, published in 1887. "Sliced onions in a sick room absorb all the germs and prevent contagion."

There is, of course, no more scientific basis for the belief that onions absorb all the germs in a room than for the belief that they rid the air of "poisons."

I know its probably an old wives tale, but, I heard that an onion in every room will absorb any flu germs that come into the house, nobody will get sick, unless they catch it outside of the home, but then nobody else in the home will catch it from that person. IDK Its worth a try if onions are only $1 or 2 a bag. dont peel it or anything, just set it out. I havent done it yet, so cant say.

well, if one of us gets it i'll give it a try.

cant hurt anything right?

but, it went through my school and my sons

and neither of us caught it, and my son nick

is at college all day and hasnt caught anything

yet. i think we're lucky *knock on wood*

Thanks /biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> , love Mr. Bean

Since I've spent a week exposed to the dreaded Pig and

havent caught it, I'm not going to get too worried about it.

I know its probably an old wives tale, but, I heard that an onion in every room will absorb any flu germs that come into the house, nobody will get sick, unless they catch it outside of the home, but then nobody else in the home will catch it from that person. IDK Its worth a try if onions are only $1 or 2 a bag. dont peel it or anything, just set it out. I havent done it yet, so cant say.

I just have to say that your avatar with Mr. Bean is just cracking me up /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Thanks /biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> , love Mr. Bean

We have ONE H1N1 flu shot clinic on Friday - for two hours - all the rest have been cancelled. I'm going to go early and keep my fingers crossed that I get one...

Since I've spent a week exposed to the dreaded Pig and

havent caught it, I'm not going to get too worried about it.

Saw one of the teachers i work with at soccer.

One of our students tested positive for h1n1

they really aernt testing, but she got tested.

we all knew it was the dreaded Pig, but this

just confirms it.

I just have to say that your avatar with Mr. Bean is just cracking me up /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

so far so good...

and Colin's school was hit hard too, so we've been very lucky

Yeah - us too. Thank goodness. Tanner's best friend missed almost a month of school between the hamthrax and the secondary infection.

Well here's hoping the hamthrax stays away from your home.

so far so good...

and Colin's school was hit hard too, so we've been very lucky

Saw one of the teachers i work with at soccer.

One of our students tested positive for h1n1

they really aernt testing, but she got tested.

we all knew it was the dreaded Pig, but this

just confirms it.

Well here's hoping the hamthrax stays away from your home.

One of our students tested positive for h1n1

they really aernt testing, but she got tested.

we all knew it was the dreaded Pig, but this

just confirms it.