This comprehensive collection of over one thousand valuable hints and tips has been compiled to help make day to day tasks more easily completed and with less expense. Over the years Mary Rose Quigg has accumulated hundreds of household hints and tips. Many of them came from her mother and friends, others have come from her own experience as a cook and housewife. Cooking, baking, household chores, laundry, stain removal, D.I.Y and gardening are the main subjects covered but you will find much more of interest; especially the proverbs and poems that have given her pleasure over the years. A perfect gift book that will quickly become an indispensable companion to anyone who appreciates the simple pleasures of home life.