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To Pickle Onions - Mrs Howard

Take the smallest Onions you can get peel them and
Put them in Water and salt, let them lie 24 hours,
then take them out and boyl them till they are hot through
Lay them on a Cloath to dry make a Pickle of the Best
Vinegar and a Little salt, when the Onions are cold put them
into stone Jars or glasses put to them a little Ginger a few
Cloves and Mace and Long Pepper, when the Pickle is
Cold pour it upon them and tie them up very Close

For a Cold - - - - Ditto

Hissop, speermint, and Colts foot Water of each 1 Pine, one
pennyworth of saffron, boyl these into a syrup with one pound
and half of sugar Candy - take 4 spoonfuls the Last thing at
Night and the first in the morning. -

If the stomach is weak make a Jelley of a Calves foot boyled
in some milck with a little speermint - take a Cup or 2 any time
in the Day as the stomach will bare it flouris
line

For a Defness Mrs Fuzey

Take 2 Dosen of wood Lice one ounce of oyl of bitter Almonds
bruse the wood Lise & put them to the oyle and lett them stand 24 hours
then strain it of & drop a little in the Ear evey night
going to bed.