Wellcome Collection: Coley Family (MS1711 )

Straw Colour dye one penny worth of Turmerick, two ounces of Allum boiled in two one Gallon of water, it must Boil five minutes before you dip your gown in.

When you wash your straw colour gown in dye it will Turn reddings, but by dipping in Cold water it will become straw again.

Treacle Beer

14 Gallons of boiling water, pour [?] four pounds of brown Sugar, with three Quarts of Treacle; mix all together Put two ounces of hops in half of the boiling water & let it infuse till [?] cold, & then strain the hops off & mix both liquors together, & then ferment in with yeast, like beer.

Tapiochoe - to be bought at Mrs Hays No-16 Abchurch Lane. 1-9 per pound - a nourishing Jelly. Put two Table Spoonfulls in a pint & a half of water, & let it simmer away to half the quantity. A tea cup to be taken whenever the patient feels low or weak - either with Milk, Wine, or Orange Juice mixt with it, in what Quantity you like. This receipt given by Mrs Champion Mrs [?]'s Mother

For a Sprain Doctor Wards Receipt Soap, Salt, Allum, of each half a pund to be simmer'd in two Gallons of Sprint Water, untill it is half waisted, and bathe the part with it several times in the day as warm as the patient can bear it [?]

The follow receipt recommended by Mrs [Gerardof?] who had tried it with great success at a time she was not able to eat any solid food. Take the Lean part of a Leg of Veal without the least fat or skin, cut it in thin Slices, take a Couple of moderate sized Turnips pare and Cut them in Slices, and lay them a Layer of Veal & a Layer of Turnips in an Earthen Jarr, till the Jarr is full, then Cover it close & set the Jarr in a pan of Water over the fire, till the Whole is melted there must be no Water put with the Veal or Turnips. When the Meat & Turnips in the Jarr are sufficiently melted, strain it off - & if the stomach will bear it, take a small Bason of it - other-wise a spoonful frequently.

a Gargle recomemnded by Mr Colborne for Sour Throats Sage Tea, with a little Vinegar a little Honey & a little Brandy.

Mr Halsell's recipt for Weak and Inflam'd Eyes - Take six ounces of rectified Spirit of Wine disolve in it one graehm of Comphire then add two pugils of Elden Flowers let it infuse twenty four hours shaking the bottle often - When you use it, pour a little into a cap dip your Finger in it, & Bathe your Forehead over each Eye brow, each Temple and across the Bridge of your nose - but not let it touch your Eyes - you may use it Morning & Evening,

Mr. Hom's receipt for an Eye Water - Take one ounce of white vitriol, three ounces of Bay Salt, pound it both very fine, put it, in three pints of running Water, let it boil very slowly, untill it comes to a quart, when it is Cold filter all it, through White Brown paper, then add to it, two spoonfulls of white Rose Water & two of Elderflower water - & with your finger gently wash your Eyes with it Every Morning.

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yeast to keep Boil Bran & water til it so the thickness of water gonel, then strain it thro' a hair sieve & sweeten it with coarse sugar, when it is new milk warm, put to every quart of this liquor a spoonfull of good yeast, pour it into a jug, set it before the fire to work, & set a dish under it ready to catch what works [?] when it has worked six or seven hours, set it from the fire & when the fermentation ceases, bottle & cork it up - it is fit to use the moment the fermentation ceases - To every quart of flour we usually put a coffee cup full of yeast, make the bread as usual with only this difference that as this yeast is slower in its operations, the bread must be made the last thing before you go to bed, & it will be ready for the oven early in the morning - in cold weather wrap it up the bread & set it in a warm place to rise = in summer it cannot be kept too cool N:B: Make fresh yeast before this is out, & the old will serve to work it it must be kept cool in wam weather or it will sour, it will keep 4 or 5 days