Aide Memoire

[tectak]

"Ah, history Dale, history. The auld alliance, Scotland and France.Too subtle? Or had you just forgottenn"

Oh yes, you mean the pact between the Scots and France, to fight the descendants of the Norman French who had conquered England in 1066, and to show how thoroughly the French had conquered the land, 60% of the English language was French, or French derived words in less than a couple of centuries (circa 1154 CE). Thus giving rise to the term, Middle English! Not that it would be in the least fair to expect someone from Texas to be aware of something so obscure as an Alliance between the always fighting about something Scottish and some Frenchman, against some other Frenchmen.

Let's go back further, what did the Picts use as ink to tattoo their bodies? Would you be knowing that?

Dale

You are probably mistakenly thinking of woad, though no evidence exists. I contributed to a research paper on natural dyes years ago...woad is caustic but the black "ink" from deliquescent Coprinus comatus is better bet.
Best,
tectak