How to Get Rid of Stinging Insects, 1633
Francesco Stelluti, Persio (1630) University of Oklahoma
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How to Kill Fleas, 1688
Take an Earthen Platter, that is broad and shallow, fill it half full with Goats Blood…
How to Kill Bedbugs, 1777
Spread Gun-powder, beaten small, about the crevices of your bedstead…
How to Catch Flies, ca. 1400
If you have a room or floor in your dwelling infested with flies, take little sprigs of fern…