Chestnut Quotes
"if you dry the chestnut, both the barks being taken away, beat them into powder and make the powder up into an electuary with honey, it is a first-rate remedy for cough and spitting of blood." Nicholas Culpepper 'A Physicall Directory' (1649)
Chestnuts are "delicacies for princes and a lusty and masculine food for rusticks, and able to make women well-complexioned." John Evelyn (1620-1706)
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