Snail Syrup for anyone?
Bid to €10,000 (£9100) in a timed online sale at Fonsie Mealy (25/20% buyers premium) this summer was a two-volume collection of medical and other receipts compiled by Mrs Mary Leadbeater (1758-1826).
She was a well-educated member of a leading Irish Quaker family from Ballitore, Co Kildare. Her gr…