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Transcript
An approued
remedy to take
awaie wartes
from the handes
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Take an sticke
of greene oke woode laie th[a]t in the fier
to burne and keepe the water therof w[hi]ch
wil ishew out at the ends and therw[i]t[h]
anoint the wartes. use and follow th[a]t well
twisse or thrisse a daie rubbing the warts
well therw[i]t[h] and th[a]t will take them
cleane awaie for euer as cleare as if youe
never haid had any. |
This remedy recommends the sap of 'greene oke
woode' as a wart-remover. It comes from an anonymous
volume of miscellaneous remedies and recipes dating
from the 17th and 18th centuries which parts of
the collection of the Mackenzie family, Earls
of Cromartie.
This volume is held by the National Archives of
Scotland
(reference: GD305/1/165).
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