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Offline Gillg

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Re: Soot dealer
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 11 June 19 12:37 BST (UK) »
Didn't people clean their teeth with soot at one time?
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Re: Soot dealer
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 11 June 19 14:30 BST (UK) »
I'd only heard of the use of soot as a fertiliser and possibly as a soil "improver" ( on the grounds that dug in it made it look darker and hence richer)
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Re: Soot dealer
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 11 June 19 14:40 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Gillg on Tuesday 11 June 19 12:37 BST (UK)
Didn't people clean their teeth with soot at one time?

Yes, my dad (born 1912) said he and his four brothers sometimes used soot to clean their teeth.
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Re: Soot dealer
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 11 June 19 16:47 BST (UK) »
Not that I'm suggesting that you could make a living out of selling the amount of soot required to clean teeth!
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Re: Soot dealer
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 11 June 19 21:15 BST (UK) »
Soot and milk drink for getting rid of the runs

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Re: Soot dealer
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 11 June 19 21:31 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Gillg on Tuesday 11 June 19 16:47 BST (UK)
Not that I'm suggesting that you could make a living out of selling the amount of soot required to clean teeth!

lol - I can't imagine many people buying soot to clean their teeth as all they had to do was run a finger, or a toothbrush, along the back of the fireplace to collect enough.
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Re: Soot dealer
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 11 June 19 23:56 BST (UK) »
Soot for teeth-cleaning was mentioned in the link posted in reply #2.  It explains that the reason behind it was teeth of chimney sweeps looked whiter in contrast to their faces.
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Re: Soot dealer
« Reply #16 on: Friday 14 June 19 23:33 BST (UK) »
When I was a child my grandfather told me his mother cleaned her teeth with soot applied with a damp rag.
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Re: Soot dealer
« Reply #17 on: Saturday 15 June 19 01:25 BST (UK) »
She would have done better to have used a clean damp rag.
There was a discussion about history of the toothbrush and teeth-cleaning on a radio programme "History of Stuff" last week. A contributor was a dentist. He gave his opinion on soot and other methods.
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