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black walnuts
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Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on November 07, 1999 at 01:48:38:
In Reply to: Re: Acorns posted by Diane Thompson on November 06, 1999 at 04:22:14:
Black walnuts definitely make a stain, but it's not as useful on skin as henna. It's not a tannin, as far as I know...i think it's an iodide .... and it's relatively likely to irritate the skin and smell nasty. When I was very young, in the Ozarks, we smeared rotted walnut muck on ourselves to play "Indians" ... and got swatted and scrubbed by our grandmothers. Whatever walnut husk has in it, it does bind with collagen, but can be smelly and can definitely provoke an allergic reaction. Does a nice job on wool, though!
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