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    How to Pack for a Journey, 1480

    A traveler should carry with him two bags, one very full of patience…

    How to Wash Your Hair, 12th century

    After leaving the bath, let her adorn her hair, and first of all let her wash it…

    How to Trim Your Toenails Underwater, 1789

    To cut the Nails of the Toes in the Water… You must hold your knife in your right hand…

    How to Walk on Water, 1649

    How to walke on the Water. For to doe this, take two little Timbrels…

    How to Kill Bedbugs, 1777

    Spread Gun-powder, beaten small, about the crevices of your bedstead…

    How to See the Future, c. 1450

    When he has recited this conjuration…

    How to Test Water Quality, c. 15 BC

    Springs should be tried and tested like this…

    How to Make Pink Pancakes, 1786

    To make a pink-coloured Pancake. Boil a large beet root tender…

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