Hi all,

In a message dated 1/3/99 10:10:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, Leslie wrote:

<<  Sucking-bags were the forerunners of the modern dummy or
 'comforter.' They consisted of a piece of gauze or other thin cloth soaked
 in a mixture of sweet pap or panada, or a solution of sugar or honey in
 water, squeezed free of excess fluid and given to the child to suck. >>

Here in the South, such things were called sugar tits. I've heard my mom refer
to them so apparently they were still around in the 20's and 30s. You just
soaked a piece of muslin in sugar water, tied it up and gave it to the baby.
Women may also have used a lump of sugar sometimes instead of the sugar water.

There are a couple of Sugar Tits on the map: Sugar Tit, Kentucky is near
Florence in Boone County and Sugar Tit, SC is a hamlet in Spartanburg County.
One of the residents -and there aren't many- of Sugar Tit SC is a sister LLL
Leader.

Warmly,
Carol Kelley  LLLL
Taylors SC USA in the Blue Ridge foothills   not very far from Sugar Tit
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