MDDM Ch. 26 Summary, Notes - Skincare and cigars

[John Bailey]

>From: jbor <jbor at bigpond.com>
>To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: MDDM Ch. 26 Summary, Notes
>Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 01:05:57 +1100
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>259.12 "Queen-of-Hungary Water"  ?  a type of perfume ?
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Variously, an alcohol-based perfume or an exfoliating astringent, but also 
claimed as 'a hair rinse, mouthwash, headache remedy, aftershave, foot 
bath'...

Recipe available at:
http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/self/307

A potted (or perhaps bottled) history available at:
http://www.lehigh.edu/~jahb/herbs/hungarywater.html
...which is written with the spirit of dedication usually found only on this 
list: "I've tried making a Hungary Water cordial. It tastes, as you would 
imagine, like perfume."

Perhaps Mr Pynchon just likes to take care of himself.

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>260.34 "great Conestoga Waggons"  Conestoga wagon n. (US and Canadian) a
>large heavy horse-drawn covered wagon used in the 19th C. (19th C., after
>Conestoga, Pennsylvania, where it was first made)

Quick question: Conestoga is mentioned several times in M&D, and I'm pretty 
sure that the term 'stogie' (as in cigar) is related. Has this been covered 
here? Just interested.


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