
Janet Hobbs
Tudor lady Pharmacist
Discover life in a Tudor Pharmacy and keep off the moths by making a muslin sweet bag with ingredients pounded in a pestle and mortar….
Preparing a remedy for colds and sore throats...
Shucking and pounding rosemary to prepare for distilling...
Having mystery bags of herbs to smell and finding their properties and uses as remedies...
Discovering the many unexpected uses of mice, frogs and snails ...
Looking at bay, rosemary, sage, plantain, lavender, and cypress, the plants that were available in season and their properties as a Tudor lady would know them.
Cost £5 per child. For further information email David Brooks, Bourne Hall Museum, Spring Street, Ewell. Surrey, KT17 1UF. Tel 0208 394 1734 dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk