Similar but not exactly the same.  Both used in lamps. Coal oil is from
coal, kero is from petroleum.
ken

At 07:11 PM 10/17/01 -0700, you wrote:
>> > By the way, kerosene is excellent for killing head lice
>> and nits but will
>
>granny used to soak our feet in 'coal-oil' when we stepped
>on rusty nails. i didn't learn til i was grown that
>coal-oil is kerosene. 
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