It was commonly believed that
wearing a flannel
bans around the waist under the shirt would prevent disease.
Whether joseph waited outside the barn door or dabbed mary's forehead with a soothing
damp flannel
isn't recorded.
Flannel petticoat
from jane mudd of gedding.
A soft clean
cotton flannel
cloth is ideal for this purpose.
We
use very soft flannel
or terrycloth on the exterior of the dolls, with 100 % natural wool inside.
I immediately told her to get out of the bath and then put a cold,
wet flannel
on all the red patches.
Flannel shirts, rather than thousand dollar designer suits.
Another instance could be a dishcloth or
face flannel
that has been left too long between washes.
Flannel held
against the swollen painful cheeks is soothing.
Do you ever see cows dressed in
gray flannel
in london?
Flannel trousers
rather in the style of postwar british jazz bands.
A fine, luxurious woven wrap, of top quality 100
% wool flannel
with gussetted legs with gentle elastication giving a snug fit.
Flannel soaked
in comfortably hot water against the ( closed ) eyelids for 5 minutes.
She touched what was left of my face, bathed it with a
cold flannel.
Flannel lining.
In 1918 the royal polytechnic had pure
wool flannel
belts to ward off the threat of the pandemic spanish ' flu.
They came up with the idea of using an iron trough, sealed with
welsh flannel
boiled in sugar, plus an ox-blood mortar.
Flannel suit, was standing up reading aloud the label on a sherry bottle.
A simple form of mantle was thrown over their shoulders --- a square piece of
white flannel, bordered with colored binding.
Flannel industry, like many other occupations, was also to be changed by the coming of the railroad to the district.
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