Tobacco leaves are good for keeping away moths; put them in the closet where you keep your winter clothing.
Jewelry should be removed when you are washing clothes or dishes and applying makeup. It is said cosmetics can have a damaging effect on them.
When your hands smell after chopping onions or garlic rub them with salt and then wash them to get rid of the odour.
Salt mixed with vinegar is the best thing for cleaning copper vessels.
Blunt scissors can be sharpened without a grindstone - just cut sandpaper with them.
Rust can be removed from pins, sewing and knitting needles by sticking them into a bar soap and keeping them there for sometime.
To stop the hair from falling off, wash them with water in which salt has been added.
You can easily remove rust on iron articles by rubbing salt on them.
While washing your silk clothes put a little salt in water. This is the best way to keep up the colour and softness of your clothes.
It you put a little lump of salt in the kerosene oil in your lantern it will reduce kerosene consumption and make the light brighter.
While washing the floor in your house add some salt in the water. After the floor has dried flies will not come and sit on it.
If you are tried after a long journey, put a pinch of salt in warm and dip your feet in it. After sometime you will be free from tiredness.
Put a tablespoon of salt in pure ghee and heat up the whole thing. The ghee will not be spoiled for a long time.
To get rid of worms from stored rice, sprinkle some powdered salt on it. This will help keep rice fresh.
If you want to strengthen your teeth add some salt in a few drops of mustard oil and use it as toothpaste to clean your teeth daily.
Ink spots on clothes will disappear if you rub salt on them and then wash them with warm water.
While giving a bath to your child put some salt and dettol in the water. The child will not suffer from skin diseases.
Put the flowers in your flower-vase after filling it with salt water. The flowers will remain bright and fresh at least for a week.
Artificial flowers can be cleaned by shaking them in a bag containing a cupfull of salt.
When using Angora wool for knitting, put the ball of wool into the refrigerator for half an hour. This will prevent the fluff from playing about and make it easier to handle.
A new broom will last longer if its head is soaked in hot salt water. It toughens the bristles.
To remove the dust from upholstered chairs and sofas, cover them with an old sheet wrung out in hot water and beat well with a cane. The sheet absorbs the dust.
Brighten your teeth by brushing them with a mixture of lemon and salt alone which is beneficial for the gums.
Alarm clocks can be placed on old tin plates for better and louder noise.
Sprinkle some cooking salt on a stained or dirty fry-pan, and heat it on the stove. Wipe it with a paper or a newspaper and rinse. The fry-pan would be perfectly clean.
Add a teaspoonful of sugar to green leaves before cooking. It retains the green colour.
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