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Different Easter traditions around the world
The significance of Easter eggs and bunnies in modern culture
The importance of the holiday in the Christian faith
And it continued for centuries
The continuing use of sheepskin over goat or calfskin in later centuries was likely influenced by their greater availability and lower cost.
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The fat content played a key role
Sheepskin has a very high fat content, accounting for as much as 30 to 50 percent, compared to 3 to 10 percent in goatskin and just 2 to 3 percent in cattle. Consequently, the potential for scraping to detach these layers is considerably greater in sheepskin than those of other animals.
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Medieval and early modern fraud-prevention technique
Experts have identified the species of animals used for British legal documents dating from the 13th to 20th century, and have discovered they were almost always written on sheepskin, rather than goatskin or calfskin vellum.
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Lawyers used sheepskin as anti-fraud device for hundreds of years to stop fraudsters pulling the woo
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