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    How to Make Men Rave, 1658

    How to make men mad with Mandrake… Take the Roots of Mandrake, and but put them into new Wine…

    How to Cure a Headache, 9th century

    Headaches you will enchant. Take some earth, touch your breast three times and say…

    How to Wear a Waistcoat, 1860

    A gentleman should always be so well dressed that his dress shall never be observed at all…

    How to Make a Rain of Fireworks, 1658

    To make the golden Rain, you must get store of Goose-quills, and cut them off next the feathers…

    How to Interpret Dreams, c. 1100

    A dream of hot waters bubbling up, this is bad. Falling from a horse…

    How to Exercise, 1623

    When the skinne shall be wet with sweat, it shall be good to desist from exercise…

    How to Pack for Camping, 1877

    Lay out the blanket flat, and roll it as tightly as possible without folding it…

    How to Cure a Hangover, c. 78

    Wild and cultivated violets… when made into garlands and placed on the head…

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