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 No.127

How the fuck did Native Americans
deal with bugs? Wouldn't they get eat alive on any piece of exposed skin?

 No.132

While I am sure there are homemade ways of creating bug sprays and pesticides, I'm not sure what kind, if any, American Indians used. They also had common sense and probably avoided areas such as tall grass, thick underbrush, and standing water. I can imagine coating your exposed skin in a thin layer of ash would also provide some protection.

 No.136

Lavender, for example, is an excellent bug repellent which grows in temperate climates here in Europe.

I am sure there's some north-american counterpart the natives knew about



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