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Paste for Chopped Hands, and which will preserve them smooth by constant
use.
Mix a quarter of a pound of unsalted hog's lard, which has been washed in common
and then rose-water, with the yolks of two new-laid eggs, and a large spoonful
of honey. Add as much line oatmeal, or almond-paste, as will work into a paste.
For chopped Lips.
Put a quarter of an ounce of benjamin, storax, and spermaceti, twopenny-worth of
alkanet root, a large juicy apple chopped, a bunch of black grapes bruised, a
quarter of a pound of unsalted butter, and two ounces of bees-wax, into a new
tin sauce-pan. Simmer gently till the wax, are dissolved, and then strain it
through a linen. When cold, melt it again, and pour it into small pots or boxes;
or if to make cakes, use the bottoms of tea-cups.
Hungary Water.
To one pint of highly rectified spirit of wine, put an ounce of oil of rosemary,
and two drams of essence of ambergris; shake the bottle well several times, then
let the cork remain out twenty-four hours. After a month, during which time
shake it daily, put the water into small bottles.
Honey Water.
Take a pint of spirit as above, and three drams of essence of ambergris; shake
them well daily.
Lavender Water.
Take a pint of spirit as above, essential oil of lavender one ounce, essence of
ambergris two drams; put all into a quart bottle, and shake it extremely well.
An excellent Water to prevent Hair from falling off, and to thicken it.
Put four pounds of unadulterated honey into a still, with twelve handfuls of the
tendrils of vines, and the same quantity of rosemary-tops. Distil as cool and as
slowly as possible. The liquor may be allowed to drop till it begins to taste
sour.
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