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Old homemade cough remedy
« on: Saturday 10 May 08 17:39 BST (UK) »
My father has recorded some of his childhood memories for me and, listening to them I came across something I've never heard of and nor it seems has Google.  The item in question is (and forgive me if the spelling is wrong) 'appedildock'.  Apparently my grandmother used to send my father to the chemist to buy rosehip syrup, glycerine, liquorice and appedildock from which she made a cough mixture.

Does anyone have any idea what 'appedildock' might be?  Dad is not sure if this was just a name my grandmother gave it, or if it is a local word (Hull/East Yorkshire).  I really would be interested to know what it is.

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Re: Old homemade cough remedy
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 10 May 08 17:50 BST (UK) »
Could it have been burdock as in "dandelion and burdock" etc ??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdock

Bob

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Right now burdock, apple and onions, parsnips are really the only things in season in Ontario so the café was serving Apple Burdock soup and hummus with ...
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Re: Old homemade cough remedy
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 10 May 08 17:58 BST (UK) »
Oppodildock is another name for soap liniment. You wouldn't (I hope) want to make cough remedies with it but its the nearest  I can think of.
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« Reply #3 on: Saturday 10 May 08 18:08 BST (UK) »
Brilliant, thanks.  I've now found 'opodeldoc' on Google. 

It may well be that my father's memories are not clear but it definitely sounds as if this is what my grandmother bought, whatever she used it for.

Many thanks again
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« Reply #4 on: Monday 12 May 08 19:28 BST (UK) »
Thats a new spelling of the word as far as I am concerned, but glad to find that my memory hasn't let me down as to the meaning.

I wonder if your grandmother did make cough mixture with it?  Given that it was common to use mercury based products on babies for teething pains I suppose anything is possible.
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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 13 May 08 18:47 BST (UK) »
My mother used to make a cough remedy for me by melting "Bottomlys Mint Rock" in vinegar over night, it turned into a syrup, then she spooned it down me with great gusto
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« Reply #6 on: Friday 16 May 08 19:42 BST (UK) »
My grandma used to send my mum to the chemist's for 'Ipecacuanha wine and Syrup of Squills'
     My dictionary says that Ipecac....etc is the dried root of a plant used as a purgative, emetic and expectorant, so it looks as if that covered pretty well everything. Squill is another plant, the dried bulb of which is a diuretic and expectorant.
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