image by Rafael Neddermeyer on Pixabay
Wicked cramps are gripping my legs
Grampa says it’s because I lack magnesium
And that’s why the accompanying restless jifling
But that doesn’t answer this raging thirst
Nor yet the intermittent vomiting
Grandma says to dispose of that
Not to let anyone touch it
To wash their hands
To not pass it on
She says this isn’t the common collywobbles
But the highly infectious
Potentially lethal
Cholera morbus
68 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Collywobbles
crispina kemp 
Scary end!
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The word collywobbles comes from cholera. Not exactly how we use it now!
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Maybe that was the origin. Now I hear diseases related to the stomach having a prefix ‘coli’ like ulcerative colitis, colic etc.
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We’ve become quite medical in our vocabulary
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An image like that is likely to cause an attack of the collywobbles… of course, what is described in your poem is much graver…
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It was a killer, even in this country, in ages past. And that’s where the word comes from. Sad. But aren’t we glad we’ve a different meaning for it now.
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Yes, that is a good thing indeed.
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That ending was a real kapow
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My signature piece! 😊😊😊
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Interesting piece with ‘jifling’. Grandma had the best advice. Well done. 🙂
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I love the word jifle. It’s in common use in Norfolk… comes from our Scandinavian ancestors, as does the expression, to be on huh. 😊😊😊
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