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 * ... that dried teasel pods (pictured) were used to raise the nap on woolen fabrics?
 * ... that in Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables, Cosette's wedding gown was made of Binche lace because Hugo remembered it from his youth as being a lace of beauty?
 * ... that a heckling comb is used when hand processing flax to comb out and clean the fibers?

Source

 * 1) 31 May 2008, Main Page appearance.
 * 2) 31 May 2008, Main Page appearance.
 * 3) 5 June 2008, Main Page appearance.