French saying - taking salt to erase memory

Posted by Patricia on August 14, 2003

In Eugene Ionesco's play "The Chairs", written originally in French, an old woman reassures her husband that she does not remember his often repeated story . . that she actually takes salt to help her forget . . . want to know the origins of this . . . or any infor to make sense of it

• French saying - taking salt to erase memory Bob 15/August/03