Show A love potion j one of the leading sources of income to the old herbalist was the compounding of love powders for despondent and heartsick maidens if a powder would not bring the desired relief various juices of roots and herbs mingled in a and sold as the love palal here is an old recipe mistletoe berries not exceeding nine in number are steeped in an equal mixtures of wine bee vinegar and honey this taken on an empty stomach be fore to bed will cause dreams of your future destiny provided you retire before 12 either on christmas eve or on the birst and third of a new moon perhaps as a lingering remnant of this absurdity there Is a current notion in some parts of the world today that a whole mince pie eaten at midnight will cause the reappearance pe arance of long departed friends not to mention the family physician and the more interested of the household |