Photo: Lily Banse
Ingredients
- two ounces of beef gall
- one peck to clean a large carpet
- two pails of water is sufficient to let them stand
Directions
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E. A. Forsyth.
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Spread the carpet where you can use a brush; take Irish potatoes and scrape them into a pail or tub of water and let them stand over night, using one peck to clean a large carpet ; two pails of water is sufficient to let them stand in, and you can add more when ready to use ; add two ounces of beef gall and use with a brush, as to scrub a floor; the particles of potato will help cleanse; when dry, brush with a broom or stiff brush.
By Home for the Friendless (Chicago, Ill.) ·
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