Do you know that garlic can get rid of snakes? they will run away !!

Garlic are good for our health. I never knew it can scare snakes away. That is a very interesting information. I read about the people in 'Medieval era' used garlic to scare the evil spirits and vampires. Thanks for sharing, I learned something new today. All the while I only know that people use sulfur to avoid snakes. Now we have alternative, something common and easily available that we have in our kitchen - garlic!

I have never heard of garlic to keep snakes away. But I do know that sulphur and/or hydrated lime will keep them away. The reason those two items work are they are in a fine powdered form. When the snake sliters across it it will dehydrate their body and burn them, so therefore they stay away from them. The garlic may work in the same fashion but I'm not sure exactly how as fresh garlic is rather moist in comparison.

I have never heard of this. Do this work on all kinds of snakes or some of them? I wonder what triggers the snakes to run away from crushed garlic. Hehehe I would love to have garlic with me if I were to go to a jungle camping or something like that. But nice info right there. . .

Now i know how to get rid of snakes, in our province we can find snakes around the house specially during summer. They are not the poisonous ones but they really are scary. Sometimes they go inside our house passing through the open windows and doors. They come from the hills at the back of our house and sometimes we can see them crossing the highway. Some are big as the leg of a ten year old but some are still small. My father tells us that on summertime, snakes feel the heat under the ground so they come out to cool their body.

wow i didn't know that snakes are afraid of garlic. Thanks for warning me i will be sure to carry garlic with me wherever i go now. I am terribly afraid of snakes and i wouldn't want to meet one also anywhere...

I haven't heard much about garlic with snakes, but I did read that garlic will help rid animals of fleas. They don't like the smell of garlic. I can honestly say that I don't blame them because that is an awful smell!

thanks a billion million. If only you charge a penny for each thanks, you would have been a millionaire, friend.. for giving out the tips to avoid snakes. I wish to keep a clove of garlic.. though I am now living in a URBAN area. and, I HAD been instructed to have the clove of garlic.. to avoid BAD DEVILS, and such demons.

Hi, Bebs08. I did not know that at all. I have heard about Sulfur, but not garlic. I think that I would be afraid to camp into the woods just knowing about the snakes. I think that this would be very scary just knowing what could be crawling at my tent and onto my body... Thanks for sharing this advice with us all.

Hmm. pretty interesting. I never knew this. Thanks mate.

It's also a good way to get rid of your enemies-and friends too. Just chew some garlic and then go have a nice chat with someone you don't like, and chances are they'll stay away.

I never live in an area full of snakes; I live in the city but thank you for the information. I just know this now; snakes being afraid of garlic. You know what garlic are also use here in the remote areas of our country as means to counteract the witches. Garlic are versatile ingredients for our health. It has many useful benefits.

Hi, Bebs. What nice information you brought here. Actually, I have never heard of that garlic can fly snakes away. Maybe snakes don't like the strong smell of garlic. Despite of the reason, taking a bunch of garlic or sulphur with us is definitely a good choice when we go to the jungle for camping or climbing. Hehehe... Well, I hope I will never encounter a snake. Thanks for your sharing of nice information. Have a nice day and happy mylotting!

Garlic is stinky! If I were a snake, I'd run away, too! LOL...Seriously, maybe there are chemicals in the garlic that turn off the snake so they run away.

Never heard about it, but here in the Philippines, our old folks believe that garlic can get rid of demonic creatures or something like that. Well, maybe they were referring to snakes, i don't really know cause I've never tried it before. Thanks for the tip.

Whahhhh! I am so scared of snakes! And your experience with snake is so scary. I don't know what will I do given that same situation. But your tip on how to drive away snake is one thing really new to me. Thanks Bebs for sharing. I think before going to any place where there could be snake I must spread garlic juice all over my body first. Ha!ha!ha! Surely I'd smell so terrible that snakes would not even dare to go near me.

Thank you for the snake tip. I used to live in a place where it was common to see a snake. If i had known about this garlic tip to get rid of snakes, i would have carried some garlic with me often.

I learn a new way of driving snakes away from mylot.Although I have never heard of this but I pretty sure this must come from folk.

This reminds me of the movie Holes when the yellow spotted lizards are averse to the onions and peaches.

Really? Ive never heard of that...? Apparently, humans are the snake's biggest fear, normally, they would just run away after seeing one, but for some reason it's the other way round! Snakes don't attack for no reason, only out of fear and being threatened. Other predators such as birds also eat snakes, so I think snakes are going to be scared of the, plus other predatory animals. Snakes are also cold-blooded, so can't really remain active for long without sunlight, so if you're really confronting a snake, if you can, you can try to struggle with it for as long as possible until it tires out, although staying away from it would be more recommended!

It is the first time for me to hear that.Maybe snake dislike the scent of garlic.I am scary to see snake.Actually snake is also afraid of encountering human being. If we donot attack snakes,they will likely not attack us.