Re: Common Land in Cumbria was Re: Polar bears and life jackets


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Posted by Jock on March 23, 2006 at 09:01:48 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.

In Reply to: Re: Common Land in Cumbria was Re: Polar bears and life jackets posted by Prue Eckett on March 23, 2006 at 06:22:23:

I thought ochre was a sort of mustard colour? Can be Prue, but ochre comes in a wide variety of shades and sheep farmers' working socks were lake madder (alizarin) which is close to the darker shades of red ochre. The mustard ones were used on Sundays and holidays.



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