The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments. Viz. Waiting woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens.

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Title: The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments. Viz. Waiting woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens.
Author: Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.
Publication: London :: printed for T. Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London Bridge,; 1677.
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Subject terms: Cookery -- Early works to 1800.; Canning and preserving -- Early works to 1800.; House cleaning -- Early works to 1800.; Beauty, Personal -- Early works to 1800.; Women -- Education -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any of these employments. Viz. Waiting woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66839.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 22, 2024.

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To make Poppy Water.

Take of Red Poppies four pound, put to them a quart of White Wine, then distil them in a common Still; then let the distil∣led Water be poured upon fresh flowers, and repeated three times; to which add two Nutmegs sliced, Red Poppy flowers a pugil, White Sugar two ounces: set it to the fire to give it a pleasing sharpness, and order it ac∣cording to your taste.