John Gerard (and Others), on the Vertues of Apples
Hot stomake? Pissing in drops? Dry skin? Gonnhorrhaea? Smallpox scars? John Gerard has a remedy for that, and it’s cheaper than you might think…
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Rembert Dodoens and Henry Lyte, on Apples
Hoate stomacke? Take a sowrish apple for that. But watch out for blastinges in the belly…
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Henry Phillips, on Healthy Drinking
It’s the nineteenth century apple juice concoction that’s on everyone’s lips…
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Wassail, Wassail, With a Jolly Wassail!
It’s twelfth night – or one of them – which can mean only one thing in the orchard: Wassail!
