Found! 18th Century Chap Stick Recipe

July 14, 2011

Chopt Lipps Receipt

To Cure Chopt Lipps &c.

Take 2oz: of Bees wax & cutt it in pieces or bitts & 1

Gill of good Sweet oyl set it over a Clear fire when

Dissolved pour it into a Clear Bason & it will be when

Coal’d an Oyntment good for sore Nipples also any

Thing of that kind.

This “receipt”, or recipe, is from a handwritten collection of home remedies dating from the early- to mid-18th century. It describes a remedy for chapped lips or for nursing mothers. It calls for beeswax and sweet oil, which is similar to vegetable oil.

This small book is part of the Historical Society’s archives of recipe books, account books, household ledgers and other documents of domestic life.