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lid says...

On Wed, 3 Sep 2014 12:24:07 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 03:26:39 -0400, S Viemeister
wrote:

The manager of the sheep farm across the road from me, claims that
Skin-So-Soft works very well, but wears off quickly and must be
reapplied frequently. The midges here are truly vicious.

It's a subject of Snopes

http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/skeeters.asp

That's about mosquitoes.

Scottish midges are an entirely different insect species which IME are
deterred by Avon skinsosoft exactly as Sheila said.

DEET repels them all.

Since you clearly didn;t know the difference, I'm surprised at your
sudden confidence.

I use Deet in the tropics against mosquitoes, where it works
In my experience Deet is useless as a deterrent against Scottish
midges. In Scotland, where I have lived for 40 + years, I use skin so
soft.

Janet