. . . is it enough to give you indigestion?
* "INDIGESTION. Persons subject to indigestion are of weak and delicate habits, or else of a sedentary disposition. The free use of cold water in drinking, washing, and bathing, will frequently affect a cure alone. Drinking sea-water, mild purgatives, light food, early rising, and moderate exercise, will be found the most certain cure" (MODERN DOMESTIC COOKERY. ELIZABETH HAMMOND, 1825).
. . . the following is quaint!
* "WHEN only a few drops of lemon juice are required, prick the end of the lemon with a silver fork and squeeze out what you need. The holes will close up and it will be as good as new until you use it again" (Helen Arbib & Pauline Clements).
. . . and,
* "IT is at the same time both a serious and ludicrous reflection that it should be thought to do honour to our friends and ourselves to set out a table where indigestion and the whole catalogue of human diseases lie lurking in almost every dish" (THE HOUSEKEEPER'S GUIDE. M. RADCLIFFE, 1822).
. . . also,
* "IN the Molucca Islands, no one is allowed to wear a hat near a flowering Clove tree, for fear it will become alarmed and refuse to bear fruit" (Helen Arbib & Pauline Clements).
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