Warm feet and wool socks

“頭寒足熱 (zukan sokunetsu): cool head, warm feet. 早起きは三文の徳 (hayaoki wa sanmon no toku): early rising is worth three coins. 早寝早起き病知らず (hayane hayaoki yamai shirazu): early to bed, early to rise, never know illness.”

“Cold hands and feet. Shoga-yu, the warming foods, hihatsu on the soba, zukan sokunetsu (cool head, warm feet). A warm evening bath, safely: warm the bathroom first, water 41 °C or less, 10 minutes at most, stand up slowly, not after meals, alcohol, tranquillisers or sleeping pills, tell someone (Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency, which estimates about 19,000 bath-related deaths a year, mostly older people in winter). No sourced red-flag list in the notes, so cold hands with pain, numbness, colour change or sores go to the GP.”

“Wollen sokken, langzaam opwarmen, geen kachel. Cold feet warmed slowly in wool, never against the stove or in hot water, the itching red toes left alone. Oral tradition in the Peel, no written source found. A kruik never on numb or cold-damaged skin. Bel de huisarts: toes or fingers that stay white, blue or numb, skin that breaks or does not heal, and always with diabetes.”

“Kruik, wollen sokken, vroeg naar bed. The kruik from the kettle in a towel at the feet. Oral tradition in the Peel, no written source found. Never boiling water, always a cover, a third empty, never on numb skin, never in a baby's bed.”

“Small task. "Tonight, warm feet and lights out at the same time as yesterday. If you wake, count ten breaths before you look at anything. Tell me in the morning."”

“Warmth. The first rule of the texts for wind, and the first rule of every grandmother. Scarf from October, warm feet, warm drinks, warm cooked food, a warm room. "Cold is wind's friend. I do not invite it in."”