Items

• Wakefield ginger bread [gingerbread]

  A recipe for gingerbread using treacle, flour, orange peel, ginger, brandy, and sugar.
• To Make the Ladys Easy

  A medicinal drink to treat an unknown ailment [possibly menstrual or childbirth issues?] using mustard seed, treacle (molasses), and beer, taken for nine mornings.
• To Make Ginger Bread Mrs Lister

  A recipe for gingerbread using treacle, sugar, ginger, butter, and flour.
• The Treakele Water

  A recipe for a medicinal drink made from hartshorn, a mixture of herbs, treacle, white wine, and rose water.
• The Phisbillia watter to drink for the party

  A recipe for a fistula treatment; includes green broom and molasses.
• The Peper Cake will ceep 2 yrs

  A recipe for making a spice cake with a variety of spices and oranges.
• For the Green Sicknes [sickness]

  A remedy for the so-called green sickness, which refers to chlorosis, a condition that included a greenish tinge to the skin and general lassitude. It was often associated with unmarried virgin women, and could include lack of menstruation. Has been subsequently ascribed to anemia (iron deficiency). Remedy consists of a mixture of treacle (molasses), steel filings, anise seeds, long pepper, and nutmeg. Those taking the remedy were directed to also avoid milk, fruit, and salads; and to take one long walk per day.