Quote Originally Posted by jkdesq
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Could it be that wool spun in a croft by a different method that the English would retain the natural smell from the sheep. Lanolin is smelly. Maybe substances used to dye the wool could have distinctive and not necessarily offensive smells...

well kent in medieval days... ya wash oot the lanolin by soaking the wool over nicht in a bath of urine....

then, obviously, ya wash oot the urine....


dyes were maistly red onion skins, tubers, and the like....

a highlander would ha had one great kilt- as others hae said... it was his clothing, blanket, and backpack....