Series 2 > Household book of Lady Grisell Baillie

416 HOUSE-BOOK OF LADY GRISELL BAILLIE
Emetic wine
Florence wine .
French wine
Fruntimack, Frontignan
p. doz.
p. hogshead
p. pint
Gineva, bought in England along with
rhubard
Green wine . . . . p. gal.
Hermitage
Madeira
Malaga
Mum
Pontack from Bordeaux
Port ....
Sack ....
Sherry
Sherry sack
White wine for physic
p. bottle
p. hhs.
p. doz.
p. gal.
p. pint
p. hhs.
p. pint
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III.—Prices of Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, etc.,
between 1693 and 1718.
Cattle.
Milk cows
Holland cow .
Cows for killing
Calfs
Skin and tallow of a cow, worth
Beef, back, say, and rump, 5s.; i
3d. p. lb.; Veal, leg of, 2s.
5s.
.£326
. 18 4
. 1 12 0 to £2 7 0
. 0 3 6 to 0 10 0
. 0 6 8
leg of beef, 7s.; in England,
l.; leg of veal from Berwick,
Sheep. Rams, 15s. 6d.; Ewes, 5s. to 10s. each; Sheep for servants,
about 5s. each; Lambs, Is. 8d. to 4s. each; skin of a
sheep, worth about Is. 4d.; killing sheep, 6d.; Mutton,
leg of, 5s.; in England, 3jd. p. lb.
Pigs. Pigs, £1 to £1, 5s. each; hams in Scotland, 7s. each ; in
England, hams (Westphalian), 6d. to lid. p. lb.; other
hams. Is. 2d. p. lb.
Birds. Hens, 5d., capons, 8d. each; chickens, 2f each; turkeys.
Is. 4d. to 3s. Id. each ; geese, lOd. each; goslings, 6d.
each ; carrying same from Border, Id. each ; grey plovers,
6d. p. pair; green plovers, 5d. p. pair; wild ducks, 4d.
to 6d. each ; small teal, 4d. each.