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To [write a secret message] Mix [Roche Allome] powder and with urine. Leave it for 24 hours at least. Then write on the paper and let it dry. [To reveal the message] hold the paper near fire until the ink turns brown. Or write with a mixture of onion juice and egg white. And so it is done.

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To know whether a [pregnant] woman carries a boy or a girl. Mix the woman's breast milk into a basin of clear well water. If it sinks it is a boy. If it floats it is a girl.

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To know whether a man or woman is barren. Mix the first morning urination of the man or woman with a quantity of barley. Leave it for 2 or 3 days. If they are barren the barley will grow.

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For pimples on the face Mix a well-beaten egg white with a spoonful of salt and oil, [an amount of rosewater the like of fennel juice,] and a half a spoon of vinegar. Apply the mixture to pimples.