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A little song about saltpetre,


Pulp, SASS#28319

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During the War 'Twixt the States, the Confederates needed new sources of saltpetre for their blackpowder manufacture. They started asking the ladies to save their urine. Here's a little song concerning the situation.

 

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I just had to put this on Facebook......

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That does make a great story, but according to Firefox 7, folks in the Appalachians been collecting the urine from their outhouses, to make powder, since the 1600s.

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