Drive Ants Away
October 4th, 2018
Sprinkle a little epsom salts around or near where the ants are and they will quickly disappear.
Source: 1001 Household Hints, Ottilie V. Ames
Death to Insects
October 12th, 2017
Two pounds of alum dissolved in three or four quarts of boiling water and applied to all cracks and crevices, will keep out ants, roaches, spiders, bedbugs, etc., etc.
Source: 76: A Cook Book
To get rid of Red Ants
February 20th, 2017
A small quantity of green sage, placed in the closet, will cause red ants to disappear. The flour of sulphur, also, sprinkled round the places they frequent, will cause them to disappear.
Source: Valuable Receipts, J.M. Prescott
To Keep Out Red Ants
November 24th, 2015
Place in the closet, or wherever they appear, a small quantity of green sage.
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