Grease may be removed from silk and woolen clothes by the use of magnesia. Scrape a quantity upon the spot, cover with a brown paper and place a hot flat-iron over it. The heat of the iron acts upon the magnesia and when the iron and the paper are ... Read more of 134. To Remove Grease from Silk at Home Medicine.caInformational Site Network Informational
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89. An eyewinker placed in the palm of the hand will cause the ferule
to break when the teacher strikes the palm with it.
Portsmouth, N.H.

90. Pine tar or pitch in the hand will prevent the blows of the ferule
from causing pain. (Portsmouth, N.H., sixty years ago.)

Believed by most schoolboys there at that time.





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