How to Garden with Lobsters, 1777
Procure the hollow claws of Lobsters, Crabs, &c. and hanging them in different parts of the garden…
How to Make a Dragon out of Fireworks, 1658
How to make a Dragon, or the like, to run on the Line, spitting of fire…
How to Party Like a Scholar, 1558
It is not fitting to be melancholy or distracted in the company of others…
How to Swim Like a Man, 1855
Every swimmer should use short drawers, and might, in particular places, use canvass slippers…
How to Sniggle, 1653
And because you that are but a young angler, know not what snigling is, I will now teach it to you…
How to Choose Your Seat on a Ship, 1458
Furste, yf ye goo in a galey… chese yow a place in the seyd galey…
How to Impress Girls at a Dance, 1530
Furthermore never fart when you are dancing; grit your teeth and compel your arse to hold back the fart..
How to Care for Your Teeth, 13th century
This is how to keep your teeth. Gather the grains of a leek, burn them with henbane…