Tim S wrote:
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 09:06:46 +0000, Stuart Noble wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
But I don't understand the rest of it. Soap IS |(or was ) sheep fat and
caustic...

Is/ was olive oil and caustic. Sheep fat is lanolin IIRC

I though lanolin was sheep sebum, ie wool/skin grease?

Yup, lovely for the hands.... you can buy skin lotion
with lanolin in it, read the label. It's good.