Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
When visiting cat left fleas at my parents' abode, Mum was pregnant
and didn't want to use any chemicals.

Someone advised the family to apply vegetable oil to the ankles to
stop the fleas getting any foothold. This seemed to work.

Smart,Did you hear that Roger? apply veg oil to your ankles...however you
will have to sleep standing up.

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite