tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post5807771934945929153..comments2024-03-26T22:50:08.674-05:00Comments on Barbara Brackman's <br> MATERIAL CULTURE: Poison GreenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-41619045676508864852020-10-09T13:42:11.300-05:002020-10-09T13:42:11.300-05:00I remember, as a small child, during WWII, my cous...I remember, as a small child, during WWII, my cousin and I would mix up KoolAid using saccharin as a sweetener. We liked green Koolaid but my grandmother always urged us to make orange or red, The green, she said, reminded her of arsenic, a poison. I suppose she was familiar with arsenic because she was a gardener. She was also a quilter.Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-52483733612738542652010-01-06T18:29:49.704-06:002010-01-06T18:29:49.704-06:00This is fascinating. I think there was a murder my...This is fascinating. I think there was a murder mystery written about death by wallpaper which involved the arsenic properties of green. Maybe Sherlock Holmes? Hmmm, I can't remember. Thanks so much for researching this! <br /><br />Dawn<br />www.subversivestitch.blogspot.comDawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18419344655830579965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-13104237905306691742010-01-06T11:48:31.039-06:002010-01-06T11:48:31.039-06:00That is not the color that comes to mind when I th...That is not the color that comes to mind when I think of poison green!!!!<br />interesting...off to read the article<br />thanks!<br />Kathieantique quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379983489980682690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-36836986239694866472010-01-06T10:44:06.065-06:002010-01-06T10:44:06.065-06:00The color of that bathroom tub resembles Fire King...The color of that bathroom tub resembles Fire King jadeite dishes. <br /><br />My mother always painted most of the rooms in our house a kind of poison green--and I now live in a home that we had painted a different shade of green--I guess the green gene runs deep.Kathi Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380037164148416426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-83166353425382560042010-01-06T09:25:56.568-06:002010-01-06T09:25:56.568-06:00Hello, new to your blog but enjoyed the article ab...Hello, new to your blog but enjoyed the article about poison green.. how interesting..Will put you on my sidebar and maybe you could hop over and visit my new blog..I am only going a week but really love it and your fabrics..Hah!!!<br />MaggeyMaggey and Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069213023725295690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-39067750149245607622010-01-06T09:08:14.355-06:002010-01-06T09:08:14.355-06:00Very interesting! It's sort of a color that cl...Very interesting! It's sort of a color that clings to memories... parts of our house were painted this color, And some how, I find them comforting... Poison colored and all!Victoria Findlay Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251128530307420200noreply@blogger.com