Watch out for infection or blood poisoning. I have a song in my collection called 'The Sheffield Grinders' and one verse warns of this
Every single day we are breathing dust and steel
A broken wheel can give a man a wound that will not heal
There's many a poor grinder brought down by such a blow
There's few who bear the hardship that we poor grinders know.
Anne the Pleater
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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