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Another Method
Stain your wood all over with the black stain, and when dry, with a brush as above, dipped in the brightening liquid, form red…
To dye a silk shawl crimson
Take about a table spoonful of cudbear, put it into a small pan, pour boiling water upon it, stir and let it stand a few minutes…
Corns
It is said, if you bind a lock of unwrought cotton on a Corn for a week or two, you will find in an unaccountable manner, the…
To carry the colour into the body of the cloth
Make the moistened cloth pass through between two rollers placed within and at the bottom of the dye-vat; so that the web…
To make a plain pudding
Weigh three quarters of a pound of any odd scraps of bread, whether crust or crumb, cut them small, and pour on them a pint and a…
Rickets
Buckshorn roots that grows in meadows two ounces, New-England Gentian two ounces, Rhubarb 50 grains, Stoned Raisins one pound…