[Sca-cooks] Re: Medieval Gardens

[Stefan li Rous]

Lady Lowry ferch Gwynwynwyn a Llewelyn commented:
> ... and I read in a dectionary that the word lawn comes from the same
> root as laundry because they laid the clothes out flat on the grss to
> dry...
Actually, I believe it is actually a bit more complex than this. Not 
only were they laying the laundry on the grass to dry it after washing 
it, but laying linen clothes on the grass like this had a bleaching 
effect.
I believe there is more on this in:
linen-msg         (62K)  2/16/99    Period and modern linen cloth. 
Sources. Care
http://www.florilegium.org/files/TEXTILES/linen-msg.html
>
> (after looking at Jadwiga's lovely site)
My apologies if this is detailed there. I've not had time to visit 
Jadwiga's site yet. :-(
Stefan
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