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Mrs
Violet Palmer sent us some interesting old notes. Attached was
the following explanation:
"My
grandmother was born at Little Farm, her Parents were John Williams
and Susannah (Herbert) and they lived at Little Farm for most
of their married life. They moved there on May 1st 1854.
I know Louisa went to the little school (now a private house)
opposite the "House with the wooden leg" and her parents had to
pay a penny or tuppence week for her to attend.
Attached you will find some old recipes and scribblings from a
notebook I have of my Great Grandfather, John Williams.
There are no punctuations and I have used his spelling throughout.
You may find them of interest considering they were written more
than 150 years ago."
The Recipes
and Scribblings of John Williams...
A
cure of a bite by a viper or adder. Olive oil 4 ounces,
water of pure ammonia opeldoc and tincture of opium of each two
ounces, mix and keep them in a bottle for use.Let the part affected
be rubbed twice a day.
Take leaves of primrose and oge lard And bruise them together
for a cut.
Take march mallows and boil it to a strong tea then add new milk
to it and take a Tea cup full of it for the bowel complaint.
Lotion for a sprain. Take of camphorated spirits vinegar and spirits
ofTurpentine of each one ounce mix and apply it to the part before
the fire.
Tincture for curein wounds. Compound tincture of benzoin And tincture
of aloes with Myrrh of each one ounce Nitrous acid two drachms
Mix in a bottle for use Rub the part effected once a day.
For to stop a scourge on animals 1oz of black pepper 1oz of mustard
boil it in a quart of bear horse cattle or sheep.
Scouring in calves prepred chalk 4oz water 1 pint Give two or
three tablespoons acording to size of the animal every night and
morning.
For pigs half a lb of mader quarter of a pound of saltpetre 2oz
of black antimony a tablespoonful night and morning in its food
Horses For a surfit half a pound sukpher a quarter of a pound
saltpetre half a pound fenigreek seed half a pound of black antimony
half a pound powdered resin give a tablespoon in the night in
corn.
April 19th 1861.
John Williams paid John Beams (or Bearns) for mending a pair of
boots for philip 1/2d
In 1861 John Williams and John Harris presented Mr. Reese Keene
with a bill "To work done at Pantgwin River banks 16 days at 1s
10d per day Settled the same time £1.9.4."
1863 To Board of Guardians 19th Dec. Newport Union To John
Williams for diging a grave for Edward Boucher 3/6 To Tolling
bell do. 1/0.
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