To Make the Ladys Easy

Item

Title

To Make the Ladys Easy

Creator

Mrs. Carlson

Date

en 1694/1795

Description

A medicinal drink to treat an unknown ailment [possibly menstrual or childbirth issues?] using mustard seed, treacle, and beer, taken for nine mornings.

Transcript

To Make ye Ladys Easy

one spounefull of fine mosterseed and a Spounefull of Treackle & half a pinte of Strong beare mix it all to gether and take [struck: a spoune full of] it for Nine Mornings to gether.

[inserted left margin: [Ths] Mrs Carlton]

Contributor

Ochsner, Elizabeth
Le, Vincent
en Grimm, Stephanie

Source

Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Publisher

George Mason University Libraries

Rights

Public domain. There are no known restrictions.