How to Make Waffles, 1393
Waffles are made in four ways. First, beat eggs in a bowl, then add salt and wine…
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How to Taste Wine, c. 1305
Some say that when the northern winds blow, wine is most genuine and reliable…
How to Cure a Werewolf, 6th century
Those who are afflicted by the disease cynanthropy or lycanthropy go out at night…
How to Bathe in January, c. 7th century
Let your hair be combed, and your haircut be equally neat. If you are shaggy…
How to Make It Through November, c. 7th century
November governs the watery phlegm…
How to Treat the Freshmen, 1367
We have learned from certain important and noteworthy persons…
How to Remove Wrinkles, 12th century
For treating the wrinkles of old women…
How to Cure Melancholy, c. 1303
The home must be bright, luminous, without pictures, and there should be…
How Not to Get Expelled, 1484
It is commanded to all students that none of them henceforth in the streets or ways…
How to Lose Weight, c. 1330
They should eat foods of litttle nourishment, great bulk, and quick digestion…
How to Use Dry Shampoo, 12th century
When she combs her hair, let her have this powder…
How to Use Wheat, c. 1150
Wheat is hot and full of profit. Nothing is lacking in it. But…
How to Improve In-Law Relations, c. 1470
If a woman very much wants her husband to love her relatives and friends…
How to Survive the Winter, c. 1200
Winter is damp and cold. We should turn to food…
How to Get a Manicure, c. 1150
One who has very ugly nails should smear them with liquid…
How to Exercise in Cold Weather, 1315
If you will, walk daily somewhere morning and evening…
How to Succeed at University, 1471
Anyone attending any lecture must… have his own copy of the reading…
How to Cure a Snakebite, 1303
First, bind the extremity with strong and tight bindings. Second, get an old rooster…
How to Wash Your Baby, c. 1320
You should wash the baby after he has had a long nap…
How to Maintain a Relationship, 15th century
If a woman places feathers from a capon that has hatched young chickens in her husband’s ear…
How to Prevent Pregnancy, c. 1260
A weasel placed on a scorpion bite helps greatly…
How to Groom Yourself, c. 1200
Let your hair be combed, and your haircut be equally neat. If you are shaggy…
How to Keep Your Cat, c. 1470
If you have a good cat and you don’t want to lose it…
How to Slim Down, 12th century
If, however, the woman is fat and seemingly dropsical, let us mix cow dung with very good wine…
How to Make Cheese Glue, c. 1300
Take old cheese, and cut it into little pieces, then put them in water for two full days or more…
How to Tell if Someone Is or Is Not Dead, c. 1380
Moreover, if there is any doubt as to whether a person is or is not dead…
How to Care for a Newborn, 1254
After the woman has delivered the child, you should know how to take care of the child…
How to Handle Books, 1345
And in the first place as to the opening and closing of books, let there be due moderation…
How (Not) to Celebrate the New Year, c. 700
If anyone does what many do on the first day of January, that is to say, goes around in the costume of a stag…
How to Look Good on a Budget, c. 1280
Your clothing should be pleasing and fine, cut to your figure. If you have no expensive cloth…
How to Treat Redness of the Face, 12th century
For removing redness from the face, we put on leeches of various colors…
How to Put Out a Fire, 12th century
If a fire blazes up, it should be extinguished with sand and bran…
How to Make Someone Die of Laughter, 13th century
Beneath the armpits are certain veins called “ticklish”…
How to Make a Cheesy Omelet, c. 1400
First, heat the pan thoroughly with oil, butter, or another grease as you wish…
How to Treat Baldness, 13th century
By frequently rubbing your bald spots with ground onions…
The Past Asks You: Strange Families, c. 800
Carolingian genealogy Berlin Staatsbibliothek, MS lat. fol. 295, f. 80v (12th c.)
How to Make Bird Missiles, 13th century
Another kind of fire for burning enemies wherever they are. Take petroleum…
How to Harvest the Mandrake, 12th century
It shines at night like a lamp, and when you see it mark it round quickly with iron…
How to Cure a Headache, 9th century
Headaches you will enchant. Take some earth, touch your breast three times and say…
How to Interpret Dreams, c. 1100
A dream of hot waters bubbling up, this is bad. Falling from a horse…
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…
How to Succeed at University, c. 1316
I have recently discovered that you live dissolutely and slothfully…
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 Catch Flies, ca. 1400
If you have a room or floor in your dwelling infested with flies, take little sprigs of fern…