Thread: Stiched in ?
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Old 30-09-2010, 12:54   #12
MargaretR
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Re: Stiched in ?

I know that camphor blocks were 'stitched in' to vests and liberty bodices in winter, as an attempt to avert colds.

Bathing became more frequent in Tudor times when Queen Elizabeth I set the trend by bathing once a month.
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