Receipt for Killing Rats

[ Receipt for Killing Rats ]

Date: 1783

Publication Format
Manuscript

Source: Manuscript Notebook of Dr. William James Almon
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives | Source Origin: Almon Family Fonds | Reference: MG 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,045

Description

A recipe promising to kill even numerous rats that was purchased by the Dublin Society in 1783, p. 130. The recipe also appears in The Bee, or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 3, 1791, p.178.


Transcription

  1In 1783 a premi-um of five Guineas was given by the Dublin Society for this Receipt.Receipt for killing Rats

Take 1 quart of Oatmeal, 4 drops of oil of Rhodium, 1 Grain of Mush
2 Nuts of Nux Vomica powdered, Mix the whole together, and place
it where the Rats frequent: continue to do so while they eat it, and
it will soon destroy them, be they ever so numerous