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Ann Castle’s Recipes and other entries.

 

Some words and letters are difficult to read, so I make no claim to the accuracy of these articles but spelling has been kept to the original wherever it is legible.

 

 

A Remedy for the Ague

30 Grains of Sulpher Quinine

One table spoonful water

10 drops of Oil Vitoral shake it well then add one pint water.

Take a dram glass full three times a day

 

A Remedy for Sprains & Bruises

4 Ounces of extract of Ledd

1 Ounce of Camphor

1 Ounce of Vitorel

1 Quart Vinegar

2 Quarts water

 

A Remedy for Bowells

1d Magnesia 1d worth Rubarb

1d Laudnum 1d worth escseni of Peppermint mixed with Pint Spring water

 

Arcceat for making Table Beer

To make five gallons requires one gallon of good malt

Quarter of pound of hops three pounds of good moist sugar

Soak the malt and hops together all night in a gallon and half of water

Put five gallons of water in the copper next morning to which add the soaked malt and hops let this boil a hour then strain it through a sieve on the sugar when blood warm

Stir in a table spoonful of yeast

Let this remain all night skim it in the morning and put it in the cask after working the usual way bung it up it will be fit for use in ten days or a fortnight

 

For Sprains

1d Spirit Turpentine

1d Spirit Camphor

1d Opedildock

1 Wortshorn

 

For Piles

The Electuary

Take flower of Brimstone

Two drams Lenative electuary one ounce powder & nitre a dram and syrup enough to make a Electuary

A teaspoon full to be taken two or three times a day as required

 

 

 

 

 

Crittenden Ointment

¼ lb of soft soap

¼ lb of Treacle

½ oz Beeswax

1/2oz Honey

Table spoonful of Sweet oil

Tea Spoonfull of best Brandy

 

Mrs Butchers Remedy for the Bowell Complaint

1 oz of tincture of Rhubarb

16 drops of Laudenem

7 drops Oil Peppermint

2 teaspoonfulls of the mixture in 2 teaspoonfulls of Best Brandy in a wine glass filled up with warm water to be repeated every two hours if necessary

 

Account Ann Vidgeons goods

2 Mahogny Dining Tables & 2 Mahogny Chairs

Mahogny Night comode

Swing looking Glass

6 Tumblers & 2 Decanters

2 Tea Trays Bread tray & snuffer & stan

1 ½ Dozin knives & Forks

1 Dozin  knives 7 forks small 2 large baking tins, bell mettle skillit Horn lantern

2 Copper tea Kettles 3 Glazed Saucepans

1 Feather Bed Bolster & s Pillows

2 Bed Steds Beds & beding 2 work boxes & little stan & Easy Chair

Wash hand stan Basin & ewe

 

Reciet for a pain in the back

1d Turpentine

1d sweet Niture

1d Fryers Batsone

1d Spirit Camphor

 

Herysupulus Cure

Sugar Led 1

½ gill vinegar Strength 24 in 1 ½ pints of water for Lotion

two Lemmons 2oz Cream Tartar

4 pints of boiling water with sugar

Niter in water with sugar ½ glass

Drink as much satap as will lay on sllped every other morning

 

For Bowells complaint

2 Tinter Rhubarb 15 drops Laudnham

3 Drops Oil peppermint 1 Teaspoon full red Lavender for a Dost for Adult

 

Whats so tall to reach the pole

Or grasp the occian with a span

& must be measured by my soul

the mind is the standard of a man

 

Remedy for Dropsy

Centaury Cliners white mustard juniper berries

Raspberry leaves & senna of each 1oz steeped in quart of water

take wine glass full 4 times a day

 

For Medison

2oz Salts 1 ** Senna ½ Caraway seeds

2oz Rasins Bruised 2oz Loaf sugar

small quanley Ginger bruised

put them all in a jug and pour on pint and half boiling water

cover up by the fire for some time then strain and bottle them

take a wine glass fasting

 

Remedy for Janders

2d worth casteel Soap

2d Do Creametarter

2d Do Ruebarbe

2d Do Syrip Saffran

2d Do Saffran

made into pills

 

Cream Oils

2d Opellildock

2d Spirits Turpintine

1 Horts horne

Wineglass best Vinegar

One new laid egg

2 Camphoralles Spirit wine

Holloways Ointment

Good home made lard and Rosin simmerd till a good substants when cold

 

Reciet for Indyection & Liver

2 of Jention Root 2d Do Woormwood

2oz of caraway seeds put in a quart of water

simmer then for 2 hours when cold had 6b. of Red Lavender and ½ Pint Best Brandy

take a wine glass full every morning fasting

 

For Sprains

The wite of Egg & a peace Alum the size of a walnut stird together till in a jelly

Rub well & bind a peace of rag wet with the jelly on the part spraind

& you will soon find relief

 

Recipt for Asma

2 oz Best Honey 1oz Castor Oil

mixt together 1 Teaspoonfull night & morning

 

 

 

 

Reciept for Reumaticon

One raw egg ½ Pint Best Vinegar one oz of Turcumtime ¼ oz of Camphor

¼ oz Spirits wine put in a Bottle & shook for ten minutes for the pain in the Head rub behind the ears & the nad of the nack rub three or four times a day

 

Mr Frenches Oils

1d worth Best wite Veneger

1 Spirits wine

1 Sperits Campher

1 Sweet Oil

1 Upediwock

1 Spirits Terpentine

1 Hortspoon

White of an Egg

 

Mr Holloways Ointment

Half Pound of Hogs Lard 1d Rosin simmered together