Curious cures and delicious recipes from the 17^th century are to be found within these pages. With syllabub and loblolly, pottage and spiced bread, this book describes a way of life long gone. It holds a collection of interesting and tasty tidbits with everything from dream interpretation to diet tips:?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

“use a measure of eating that thou mayst live long and if thou wilt be in health, then hold thine handes.”

Excerpts from old English manuscripts and ?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Newfoundland letters paint a vivid picture of how Newfoundland’s earliest settlers might have lived.

Sheilah Roberts is a Newfoundlander and a history lover, with two adult children and a senior dog. She lives in St. Philips with her partner and commutes daily to the big city to her job at the Memorial University Library. Writing is her favourite pastime, and she is a member of the Newfoundland Writer’s Guild and the Writers’ Association of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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