Maurice- Have you run across any really good method of getting rid of
chiggers once they've burrowed in? I've tried kerosene and fingernail polish
with no luck-Barrett
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From: "jmduke" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] cemetery
> Phebe,
>
> I've spent a good bit of time rummaging around old cemeteries and would
> suggest the following:
>
> Wear the heaviest shoes you've got.
>
> Wear socks and tuck the bottoms of the pants in the shoes, or if you've
> got boots wear them instead of the shoes. (Whatever you do, don't wear a
> dress.)
>
> Douse your socks as well as the bottoms of the pants and sleeves with a
> heavy, heavy, dose of "Off."
>
> Careful where you walk. Many graves in old cemeteries are badly sunken
> and you can easily trip and fall.
>
> Wear a long-sleeve shirt, no matter how hot it is, and button the sleves
> and the collar.
>
> Take a stick and run it around any tombstones before you stoop down to
> study them. That'll help with the snake problem. (Snakes, when the
> weather is hot, like to find cool places.)
>
> One of the great problems is chiggers, so as soon as you get home
> remove all clothing and take a good soapy shower. Make sure to wash
> completely under your arms and in the groin area. And for heaven's sake,
> don't put any of the clothes you wore to the cemetery back on.
>
> Yes talcum powder, flour of corn starch will help bring up info on the
> stones. (Flour's cheapest!)Take a paint brush so you can both apply it
> and then use the brush to also remove it from outside the lettering.
> You might want to take a strong flashlight and use it to skim the light
> across the lettering from the side. Side lighting works best to bring
> up detail.
>
> I hope this helps. Happy hunting!
>
> Maurice Duke
>
>
>
>
>
> Phebe wrote:
>
>> I have finally located an old cemetery and have gotten permission,
>> from the
>> owner, to walk through it. The cemetery is very old and the owner
>> tells me
>> that she remembers her grandmother telling her that people came in the
>> 1930's to look at it. Since then no one has been in there to look or
>> clean.
>>
>> My question to the group: what dangers await me in an old cemetery.
>> What
>> should I look out for (snakes etc.). How best can I protect myself.
>>
>> I have been told to take baking flour -- that will help bring the old
>> carvings out.
>>
>> Any more tips or advise.
>>
>> thanks for your help.
>>
>> Phebe Morgan
>>
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