He had never actually tried stealing six potatoes, or testing the virtue in hairs from a black cat's tail, as a relief from gout, but he had not been above a course of tansy tea, and decoctions of jimson-weed, and other of Delilah's remedies that scientifically were on a par with the black cat's tail.
"Throckmorton"
Molly Elliot Seawell
There will be a roast Pig on Table at one o'clock, and, I fancy, a tansy-pudding."
"Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary"
Anne Manning
"I can't fancy tansy-pudding," says Uncle, shuddering; "I cannot abide Tansies, even in Lent.
"Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary"
Anne Manning