I hear, I forget.
I see (and hear), I remember.
I (see, hear and) do, I understand. 

TO MAKE

Pomander Beads were made by the Apothecary for people to carry with them, particularly in towns.
In Medieval and Tudor times people believed it was the "bad smells" that made them ill (and there were plenty of bad smells about!) so they carried "good smells" to protect them.
Pomander Beads were made from a mixture of sweet smelling herbs and spices, and made into a hard ball with a gum.

If you can follow a recipe and cook a meal then this 'recipe' is easy to follow (see my guestbook and the 9yr old who made them for her class presentation!).


Schools' Pomander Bead Kit .................. £16.50  incl p&p
                                                                  
                        Outside the UK ..........£21.00    

As used in a School for gifted children in Texas USA!                 
                                                                 

For use in the classroom, for 30 pupils
Complete with instructions, 
for KS2 a history ofMedieval/Tudor Medicine,
 for KS1 it comes with plant folklore.

(step by step photo guide to making pomander beads is available on page "Pomander Beads" and a full lesson on Tudor medicines and it's practioners, including the pomander beads is on page "P Bead Full Lesson")


"Fleece to Fabric" Kit.............................£13.50 incl p&p

                    Outside the UK..............£19.00
                                                                  

Samples of linen ranging from the finest worn by the wealth to a rough linen worn by the peasants.
Samples of wool, again ranging from that worn by the richest to the poor, not just the quality but the colour for each class.
Samples of wool, naturally dyed and linen thread.
Clean, raw wool for the whole class to 'finger-spin'.
Teachers notes included.
(Can be used in 'Textile' lessons)

Buy the Apothecary Kit and Fleece to Fabric Kit together and save £2.00
Cost for both......£28.00 incl p&p

Outside the UK.......£38.00

         

TO ORDER 

Phone: - Sally on 023 92713515

email: - the.apothecary@ntlworld.com

Cheques made payable to: -
 S. Murdoch
Ground Floor Flat
34 Derby Rd
Portsmouth  
PO2 8HR
For schools, invoice can sent with order
14 days to pay.

For Schools

A half or full day or lesson

Primary

Tudor Apothecary
Tudor Fleece to Fabric
Food and its Production

A Complete Tudor Day!

I can take one class through a day doing: -
Apothecary
Fleece to Fabric
Food and its Production
'What is It?'
(A collection of replica artifacts for handling and discussion in small groups)

Every pupil will be involved, every pupil will have 'made' and 'handled' by the end of the day.

OR

WE (the staff and I) can do the same for up to 4 classes!
I will send all you need in advance for 'Food' and 'Fleece'
unless
you are within a 20mile drive of Portsmouth
then
I will do a pre-visit one afternoon.

I will travel up to 100miles from Portsmouth!

Max cost for 4 classes, 4 subjects, full day - £175
plus possible travel costs
Includes: -
all materials for Apothecary and Fleece to Fabric
in fact everything except cooking ingredients!!!

I am also working with Groundlings Theatre Company with their History Workshops and Shakespeare Workshops.
See Groundlings page below.


TO BOOK 

Phone: - Sally on 023 92713515

email: - the.apothecary@ntlworld.com

Cheques made payable to: -
 S. Murdoch
Ground Floor Flat
34 Derby Rd
Portsmouth  
PO2 8HR
For schools, invoice can sent with order
14 days to pay.


A Medieval/Tudor History Day
For Schools - Do it Yourself!
All you need for a "hands-on" day of rural life in Medieval and Tudor times.

Set up sessions of: -
 Apothecary - Pomander Bead making kit, plus "recipes" for other easy to make "medicines"
 
Fleece to Fabric -  clothes, examples of different quality wool and linen for each class in society, wool to finger-spinning (a drop spindle with instructions £8 extra), coloured wool as examples of natural dyeing (urine being used as a "fixative"!)

Food: - recipes for sweetmeats to make table decorations.
Recipes for a complete meal with a course being made per session. Let everyone sit down and try it at the end of the day!

Instructions and information with each of the above.

Split the school day into 4. Have 4 groups of pupils doing each activity in turn. In "Food" split again between sweetmeats and a course of the meal. In the 4th lesson of the day have everyone sit to a meal, on tables laid Tudor-style, and listen to Tudor Table Manners - Not Hollywood Henry! 
Or
do a fourth activity e.g. candle dipping, illuminated lettering, or building model houses of the day.


Cost for a class of 30 ....... £45.00 incl p&p
                                                       
                     Outside the UK...........£55.00

TO ORDER 

Phone: - Sally on 023 92713515

email: - the.apothecary@ntlworld.com

Cheques made payable to: -
 S. Murdoch
Ground Floor Flat
34 Derby Rd
Portsmouth  
PO2 8HR
For schools, invoice can sent with order
14 days to pay.

           


Secondary

Medieval Realms - Rural Life
covering medicine, clothes and food
with 'hands-on' elements

Early Medicine
from Medieval herbwife to the Plague
with 'hands-on' element,
make the pomander beads
and
A Perfume for the Sick Chamber



TO BOOK

phone: - Sally 023 92713515

Do you have a small patch that could be turned into a
Tudor Physic Garden?

Enjoy planting sweet-scented herbs and watch them grow.

Learn their magical, medicinal qualities.

See the wildlife a Physic Garden attracts.

For advise, plans and plants contact me by phone, email, or let the snails bring me word!

If you are in a 50 mile radius of Portsmouth then I will give hands-on help and home-grown plants for sale.

the.apothecary@ntlworld.com

Tel: - Sally on 023 92713515

Sally Murdoch
Ground Floor Flat
34 Derby Rd
Portsmouth
PO2 8HR