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I couldn't stop laughing today when the BBC northern unit came out with this statement "Tunics took a year to make.Animal sinew was spun to make tunics" :roll: :lol:
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One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
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I thought mine was getting a bit smelly!
And people were trying to convince me it was me!!! :lol:
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I can just see a reenactor standing by the crowd.
Visitor: Gosh, how long did it take to make a tunic?
Reenactor (with a straight face): About six months to collect enough animal sinew, then three months to spin the fibre, and another three to weave it. A year, altogether.
Visitor: Wow! Thanks!
Give the man a Brown Potato award. Heh.
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I wonder what kind of source they got that information from?
