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Ginger Beer Plants, mailing heaven... Ginger Beer Plant
To start the plant
1/2 oz yeast 3/4 pt warm water
2 tsp Ginger 2 tsp sugar
To feed
6 tsp Ground Ginger 6 tsp sugar
To flavour
1 1/2 lb sugar Juice 2 lemons
2 pts water (dilute with 5 pts water)
Method
1. Mix together ingredients for starting, stir well, leave for 24 hrs then feed.
2. Feed daily with 1 tsp ground ginger and 1 tsp sugar
3. After 7 days strain through a cloth
4. To flavour dissolve sugar in water, add lemon juice and the strained plant
5. Add the 5 pints water and mix well
6. Bottle in screw topped bottle and keep for 7 days to mature
7. Discard (or give away) 1/2 sediment from straining plant, add another 1/2 oz yeast and 3/4 pt warm water, 2 tsp sugar. Leave 24 hrs and start feeding again.
Learning Centre Grandpa's Spells- more fun things to do with the kids at home
Sleep Paralysis
Nicky Kenward phoned after she heard the item on night Terrors. She has suffered from a similar affliction - and says that this is
Sleep Paralysis
This is one of a number of useful websites on the subject.
Returning unwanted mail
A postman of 19 years standing, Brian Savage suggests that if you write 'Gone Away' on envelopes, the postman must take note. Returned mail is endorsed by the postman who delivers it.
Other suggestions are:
The Bereavement Register which is run by the REaD Group
By Post: The Read Group (UK) Ltd
Freepost SEA8240
Sevenoaks, TN13 1YR
By Telephone 0870 600 7222
By Fax 0870 400 5644
or:
The Mail Preference Service
FREEPOST 22
London W1E 7EZ
These provide lists of people who have died to direct mail companies, who then edit their lists accordingly.
Glen of Gloucester (a postman) adds:
Did you know Royal Mail is doing gentic research on donkeys, greyhounds and the humble Postie. Why? so we can carry twice as much mail at double the speed!'
Many thanks to everyone who contacted us. 
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