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Smoke
of neem leaves or used tea or pieces of sugarcane dipped in mustard
oil with ajwain keeps mosquitoes, flies away.
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Applying
clove oil on body keeps mosquitoes away.
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To
keep cockroaches away keep tablets of boric acid & maida or limestone.
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Alum
powder or mint keeps rats away.
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Turmeric,
mint stem, mixture of neem oil in ½ cup of water or alum water
keeps ants away.
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Sprinkle
kerosene mixed with soap on the place where mosquitoes accumulate.
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Sprinkling
sindhalun powder keeps red ants away.
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Keeping
cloves tied in cloth, keeps ants away.
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While
filling cotton in mattresses, pillows add camphor in it to get cooling
effect & keep pests away.
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Dried
lemon rinds or neem leaves in wooden cupboard keeps bugs away.
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Take
salt in cloth & clean the dining table with it, to avoid bees.
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- For shine wash
clothes with boiled potato water.
- Starch woollen
clothes with rice water.
- To remove wrinkles,
soak silk clothes in glycerine added water.
- To maintain whiteness,
soak white silk clothes in turpentine added water.
- Woollen & colourful
clothes should be washed with aritha water.
- To avoid insects
in woollen clothes keep neem leaves or kalijeeri & cloves tied in
cloth.
- For softness of
woollen clothes wash them in glycerine water.
- To fasten colour
of clothes, soak them in salty water for 1hr. or wash with vinegar.
- Iron jari sari
after keeping news paper on it, to avoid from getting black.
- Iron painted clothes,
embroidery on opposite side.
- Avoid ironing buttons
& elastic part of garment.
- To increase brightness
of fade embroidery, rub alum powder on it.
- Never hang sweater
in sunlight.
- To avoid insects,
never keep silky cloth with warm cloth.
- Soak sweater in
salty water before washing it, to avoid sticking of woollen.
- Washing white clothes
with alum water prevents it from getting yellowish.
- Close first button
of shirt & fold collar like at a time of wearing, & then wash
in washing machine, or rub shampoo for proper wash of collar.
- Remove rust marks
on cloth with sour curd & lemon juice & than scrub in hot water
or soak in excess water of cooked rice.
- Always wrap Jari
cloth in thin cotton cloth.
- Drop of glycerin
in water at the time of washing thoroughly washes blankets.
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