I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine Sellin' little bottles ofLove Potion Number Nine.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck,Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page72:
Cuttle-fish, spiced oysters, sea hedge-hogs, and lobsters were among the ingredients oflove-potions that reputed thaumaturgist Apuleius [...] was accused of have prepared in order to win the love of a widow.
