Tip - How to Clean Irish Linen | eHow

Family farms around the world have cultivated flax, spun it into yarn, woven it into linen and made that into tablecloths, bath towels and handkerchiefs for thousands of years. One reason is that linen is durable; cloth used as burial shrouds in ancient Egypt had been unearthed 3,000 years later in pristine condition. Ireland has utilized linen for...