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Household recipe book of Mrs. Howard of Staines, Middlesex and Salsfield Court, Nr. Westerham, England

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the Bark of Willow [illegable] burnt to ashes mixed with strong vinigar and applied to Warts and Corns will remove them to prepare water proof Leather take 1lb of drying(boiled linseed) oil, 2 oz of yellow wax, 2oz spirits turpentine 1oz of Burgindy pitch, melted carefully over a slow fire - with this composition new shoe & Boots are to be rubbed with a bit of sponge as often as they are dry until they are saturated
 
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