A Lip Salve Everyone Approves

[ A Lip Salve Everyone Approves ] Sarah Creighton Wilkins

Contributors
Contributor Role
Compiler
Contributor Name
Sarah Creighton Wilkins

Date: 1818/08/04

Publication Format
Manuscript

Type
Cosmetic
Medicine

Ingredients
beef marrow
virgins wax
peony root
storax
gum benzoin
apple
loaf sugar
sugar
port
white wine
wine

Places
Halifax
Nova Scotia

Source: Manuscript Notebook of Sarah Creighton Wilkins
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives | Source Origin: MacDonald Family Fonds | Reference: MG 1 No. 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,618

Description

A recipe for a lip salve, dated and likely obtained from another source.


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    A Lip Salve everyone approves
4 ozs fresh Beef Marrow
2 dit Virgins wax
½ A Peony Root
½ Storax
½ Gum Benzoin
1 Slic'd Apple
½ once loaf Sugar
6 spoonfuls of Port
4 of any good White wine
Boil until in is a good Colear
Strain it into small pots
To cool when you take it out dry
the bottoms. With yr Cups before you put
the salve in.