Monday, 23 January 2017

Miner's bathing in Lancashire

There was a superstition or belief prevalent in Lancashire among the miners, said Dr. I. Watts, M.P., at a labour conference in London, yesterday, that if they had a bath it was never wise to wash the back. There was a deep-rooted impression that this would weaken the back.

In Leeds Mercury, 21st June 1923.

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