If, like many people in today's hectic world, you yearn for the more leisured pace of a gentler age, but find instead that an apparently infinite list of tasks has to be fitted into an ever-diminishing domestic day, then this is the books for you; a comprehensive collection of over a thousand invaluable household hints, gathered together over many years by country housewife and mother of five, Mary Rose Quigg, with the sole aim of making life run more smoothly and enjoyably for busy homemakers everywhere.
Here you will find tried and tested practical advice- both traditional and not so traditional- on everything from preparing vegetables to painting walls, from polishing brass to public speaking, all carefully organized for quick and easy reference. With a good sprinkling of sayings, proverbs and poems- most of which contain more than a grain of truth- Mary Rose's 1001 Country Household Hints captures the flavour of life as it should be lived, and is as entertaining as it is practical. A perfect gift book, it will quickly become an indispensible companion to anyone who appreciates the simple and enduring pleasures of home life.