Magic Medicine

Here is what George used to concoct a new magic medicine for his horrid Grandma:

~ Golden Gloss Hair Shampoo

To wash her tummy nice and clean.

~ Toothpaste

To brighten up those horrid brown teeth of hers.

~ Superfoam Shaving Soap

~ Vitamin Enriched Face Cream

~ Scarlet Nail Varnish

To paint her teeth as red as rose

~ Hair Remover

~ Dishworth's Famous Dandruff Cure

~ Brillident for Cleaning False Teeth

~ Nevermore Ponking Deodorant Spray

To keep away unpleasant body smells for a whole day.

~ Liquid Paraffin

~ Helga's Hairset

~ Flowers of Turnips

Perfume that smells of old cheese.

~ Powder in Pink Plaster

~ Lipsticks

~ Superwhite for Automatic Washing-Machines

Dirt will disappear like magic.

~ Waxwell Floor Polish

  Removes filth and foul messes from your floor and leaves everything shiny bright.

~ Flea Powder for Dogs

If eaten, will make the dog explode.

~ Canary Seed

Perhaps it will make the old bird sing.

~ Brown Shoe Polish

Dark tan.

~ Gin

~ A Tin of Curry Powder

~ A Tin of Mustard Powder

~ A Bottle of Extra Hot Chilli Sauce

~ A Tin of Black Peppercorns

~ A Bottle of Horseradish Sauce

~ Orange Coloured Powder 

For chickens with foul pest; hen gripe; sore beaks; gammy legs; cockerlitis; egg trouble; broodiness or loss of feathers.

~ Purple Pills for Horses 

For the hoarse throated horse.

~ Yellowish Liquid for Cows, Bulls and Bullocks

Will cure cow pox; cow mange; crumpled horns; bad breath; earache; toothache; headache; hoofache; tailache and sore udders.

~ Red Liquid, Sheepdip

For sheep with sheeprot and for getting rid of ticks and fleas.

~ Pale Green Pills for Pigs

For pigs with pork prickles; tender trotters; bristle blight and swine sickness.

~ Engine Oil

To keep Granma's engine going smoothly.

~ Anti-freeze

To keep her radiator from freezing up in winter.

~ Grease

To grease her creaking joints.

~ Dark Brown Gloss Paint

To give the mixture a lovely rich creamy brown colour.

* Information derived from Georges Marvellous Medicine written by Roald Dahl *