How to Make Touch-Paper.
Dissolve in a little spirits of wine or vinegar a little saltpeter, then take some purple or blue paper, and wet it with the above liquor, and it will be fit for use. When pasting paper on any of the following works take care that the paste does not touch that part which is to burn. The method of using this paper is to cut it into slips long enough to go once round the mouth of a serpent, cracker, etc.