From The Past: March 23, 2004

I am currently reading an Agatha Christie book entitled A Caribbean Mystery. Within the story, there have been several things that have surprised me. #1: It was said that when a character in the book was a young child, she used to put “cobwebs on a cut”. I have never heard of such a thing, but if any of savvy people out there know the story behind this, I would love to hear it!

The second thing she referred to was “tooth powder”. Now, I am used to paste and gel, but not powder. I have heard that baking soda is good to use on your teeth. Could this be what they were referring to when they said tooth powder?