[Northkeep] Judy linen

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From: Patti McCullough <toinettec at yahoo.com>
Date: 2004/02/03 Tue AM 10:06:06 EST
To: The Barony of Northkeep <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: RE: [Northkeep] Judy linen

The period way to bleach linen would be to lay it on
the grass at the crack of dawn,

>on a bed of clover.  Clover has oxalic acid in it, which is a natural, safe (i.e. no dioxin) bleach.

Masamune, who spent some time looking for a safe papermaking bleach.