ONIONS FOR LONG LIFE.

Golden Bay Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 52, 26 May 1910, Page 3

ONIONS FOR LONG LIFE.

We have before recorded cases el longevity in which the subject attributed his or her length of years to the habitual eating 61 onions Now a Mrs. 'Rebecca Bums has died at thu a'e of 115 years. She attributed her long life to the fact that she alwas ate on'ons twice every day. She beg.in this diet when a girl and ne er e it up. To w'thiu a day

or two of her datb abe insisted on leing sered w.th onion*, tfbe at* them either cool'ed or uncooV-ni. Ihere are records which pr-ve without doubt the d•! ■ of her b rLh. Ind u the active principle of the onion is a powerful 't* rnjicide,