OD EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL 



Three spoonful to a dose j 



You soon will find, 



With nought unkind, 

 Your nerves they will compose." W, S. 



London, 1702. 



"FOR SPINAL COMPLAINTS. 



" If with spinal ill oppress' d, 

 Take liver of cod, well dress' d 

 Place it on the fire to fry, 

 Dust it o'er with meal of rye ; 

 On the spine you rub it well, 

 Pains will fly with magic spell." Barton, 1710. 



"A RECIPE FOR SCALDS AND BOILS. 



" An ounce you take 



Of salmon roe, 

 And with it make 



A paste or dough, 

 With olive oil ; 



Then rub it o'er 

 The scald or boil, 



'Twill pain no more." 



Lessons on CooTcrie, 1709. 



In the northern parts of England it is a common thing 

 among young lads to tie a piece of eel-skin around their 

 ankles, to keep away cramps and pains. There is an old 

 ditty to this effect in some localities of the country. 



<c Around the shin 



Tie the skin, 

 Of full-grown river eel ; 



And every sprain, 



And cramp and pain, 

 Will fly unto the deil." 



