Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Part 6 (Housemaids)
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 19 July 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Let's return to a sleepy favorite, and a day in the life of an upper and under housemaid. From blacking fire grates to making beds and buffing gilt frames with onions, it…sounds exhausting, if I'm honest.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. |
| 0:09.0 | I hope tonight's selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you |
| 0:16.7 | get some sleep. Before we begin I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks to Julie, the latest member of our |
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| 1:08.1 | read and relax. Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:15.0 | adjust your volume. |
| 1:17.0 | Take a nice deep breath in. |
| 1:22.0 | Let it out slowly and off we go. |
| 1:29.0 | Tonight we're continuing with one of the most requested books on this podcast. |
| 1:34.0 | The Book of Household Management |
| 1:37.4 | comprising information for the Mistress |
| 1:41.2 | Housekeeper, cook, kitchen maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, |
| 1:51.6 | upper and under housemaids, ladies made, made of all work, laundry made, nurse and |
| 2:01.2 | nursemaid, monthly wet and sick nurses, etc, etc. |
| 2:09.0 | Also sanitary, medical and legal memoranda, with a history of the origin, properties, and uses, of all things |
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