Belinda Jonak asked Bonnie Blaylock:

Is there any evidence to support the "tapeworm attracted to milk" story? They usually don't exit through the nose either.

Bonnie Blaylock Hi, Belinda! Thanks for the question. I found the tapeworm tidbit through reading some of the Foxfire series. It's a collection of Appalachian folklore, remedies, and anecdotes from interviews of the people who live there. Also, twice now, in book groups I've attended since the novel was released, I've had readers comment they'd actually seen this exact thing happen themselves, having grown up in poor, rural areas! So there's at least anecdotal evidence. Since I was part of a veterinary practice for decades, I've seen my share of tapeworms, and this is definitely not how they usually presented (ick), but apparently in areas without ready access to western medicine, the method used with Hiccup was was one folk remedy to address it.

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