No trade clings more firmly to Old World ways than the leather industry. The process of currying (stuffing and sofftening leather after it is tanned) is still carried out in parts of England just as it was in the days when a tanner's daughter, wooed by a Norman lover, gave birtli to William the Conqueror. Tallow and cod oil are rubbed into the leather by the pressure of the worker's whole forearm, from wrist to elbow. Hence the phrase, "elbow grease."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 128, 1 June 1936, Page 14
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