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Aunt MayDell’s Amazing Alchemy Recipe

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1. Rubbing alcohol will remove ball-point ink marks.
2. Candles chilled for 24 hours in refrigerator will burn longer and not drip.
3. Baking soda on a damp cloth will remove grime and grease from glass on oven door.
4. Mixture of half salt and half hot vinegar rubbed on brass will clean and polish.
5. To remove gum from hair, rub a plain chocolate bar in hair-----then wash.
6. A cloth wrung out of a solution of 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in one quart of water, will make windows and mirrors sparkle.
7. Cold tea, coffee grounds or egg shells make good fertilizer for house plants and acts as an insecticide also.
8. Bury just underneath the ground a few mothballs near your flowers to keep your or your neighbors dogs away from your flower beds.
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