Notes and Queries, Number 63, January 11, 1851 by Various
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mould, put a little into writing ink."
Another to take _mildew out of linen_.--"Mix powdered starch and soft soap with half the quantity of bay salt; mix it with vinegar, and lay it on both sides with a painter's brush. Then let it lie in the open air till the spots are out." J.R. "_Swinging Tureen_," (Vol. i., pp. 246. 307. 406.).-- "Next crowne the bowle full With gentle lamb's-wooll Adde sugar, nutmeg, and ginger, With store of ale too; And thus must ye doe To make the wassaile a _swinger_." Herrick, cited in Ellis' _Brand_, ed. 1849, vol. i. p. 26. By the way, is not the "lanycoll" (so called, I presume, from the froth like wool (_lana_) at the neck (_collum_) of the vessel), mentioned in the old ballad of "King Edward and the Shepherd" (Hartshorne's _Met. Tales_, p. 54.), the same beverage as "lamb's-wool?" H.G.T. _Totness Church_ (Vol. ii., pp. 376. 452.).--My thanks are due to your correspondent S.S.S. for kindly furnishing information as to the singular arched passage mentioned in a former note, which drew my attention as a |
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