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    How to Plan for Snow, 1600

    Now the daies are shortened, & the nights prolonged, winds are sharp…

    How to Improve In-Law Relations, c. 1470

    If a woman very much wants her husband to love her relatives and friends…

    How to Survive the Winter, c. 1200

    Winter is damp and cold. We should turn to food…

    How to Get a Manicure, c. 1150

    One who has very ugly nails should smear them with liquid…

    Ye Olde Ask the Past Gift Guide

    Shopping got you down? Don’t worry – the Past has done this before…

    How to Exercise in Cold Weather, 1315

    If you will, walk daily somewhere morning and evening…

    How to Cook All the Birds, 1849

    Take a fine large olive, stuffed with capers and anchovies…

    How to Make Good Coffee, 1895

    COFFEE THAT IS GOOD. To make good coffee is apparently not so simple…

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