Paste, enough to put at the end of a birdcatcher’s board; pitch or sulphur, enough to make a (small) hole [therein]; wax, enough to put on the opening of a small hole. Crushed brick, enough to make the opening of a gold refiner’s crucible. R’ Yehudah says: Enough to repair a prop of a tripod. Coarse bran, enough to put on the opening of a gold refiner’s crucible. Quicklime, enough to smear a girl’s smallest limb. R’ Yehudah says: Enough to flatten out the hair of the temples. R’ Nehemiah says: Enough for a [forehead] plaster.

Red clay, enough for the seal of packing sacks — [these are] the words of R’ Akiva. But the Sages say: Enough for the seal of letters. Manure or fine sand, enough to fertilize a cabbage stalk — [these are] the words of R’ Akiva. But the Sages say: Enough to fertilize a leek. Coarse sand, enough to put on a full trowel of lime; a reed, [large] enough to make a pen, but if it was thick or cracked, enough to cook with it the most easily cooked eggs, beaten and put in a stew pot.