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    How to Stop Sneezing, 1664

    In Neesing, there is a sudden sending forth of Air…

    How to Care for Your Hair, 1881

    Not less than a hundred strokes a day should be given to a woman’s hair…

    How to Cure a Snakebite, 1303

    First, bind the extremity with strong and tight bindings. Second, get an old rooster…

    How to Choose Drinking Water, 1528

    Thou ought to knowe that clere rennynge Waters that ben nyghe to cytees in pure grounde…

    How to Be a Serious Actor, 1699

    Laughing on stage at the wrong time is a defect…

    How to Fake a Nose Injury, 1635

    How to seeme to cut ones nose halfe off. For the effecting of this feate…

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    How to Wash Your Baby, c. 1320

    You should wash the baby after he has had a long nap…

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