{"id":189,"date":"2014-02-11T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/specialcollections\/2014\/02\/11\/archive-item-of-the-month-february-2014\/"},"modified":"2014-02-11T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T14:16:00","slug":"archive-item-of-the-month-february-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/2014\/02\/11\/archive-item-of-the-month-february-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Archive Item of the Month – February 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you are wondering how to improve your physical prowess in order to impress the object of your desires this Valentine\u2019s Day then fear not! Tips on how to grow taller and \u201ccultivate a moustache\u201d can be found in the University Archive.<\/p>\n

These fail-safe recipes* are from the Manuscript Chelt of 1892-1893, a scrapbook compiled by students of the time. Transcribed, they read as follows:<\/p>\n

Recipe for \u201cManual Growth\u201d<\/h2>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some gallons of rain water<\/p>\n

A drain pipe 6 inches in diameter & 12\u2019 long<\/p>\n

For 8 hours a day stand under slowly falling rain. Six or seven times daily crawl up the above mentioned drain pipe leaving feet at bottom of pipe<\/p>\n

Practice kissing tall girls only & take all constitutionals on stilts<\/p>\n

Never stoop or pick up anything from the floor, not even a better handkerchief<\/p>\n

Help toll all bells & take hourly exercises at the town pump<\/p>\n

Persevere for a few centuries & if you are not taller after you ought to be<\/p>\n

How to Cultivate a Moustache<\/h2>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 barrel of spirits of turpentine<\/p>\n

1 cwt [hundredweight] of pure lard, and<\/p>\n

\u00bd cwt of treacle<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mix the above ingredients and stir to a froth (with a teaspoon). Let the mixture stand for five years, and then use<\/p>\n

Method of Using<\/p>\n

Apply with a scrubbing brush, every night & morning. Persevere with the treatment, and in a few years you will have a moustache \u201cthe envy of all men\u201d<\/p>\n

* 1890s standards, pre-health and safety!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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