Pure as the Driven Poo

In case any of you were wondering where the tanners I mentioned in yesterday's post procured the feces for the tanning process they bought it from a pure collector. Kind of makes a person wonder if there is a modern day market for dog feces when you see so many people walking their dogs with poop bags in hand. The pure collectors walked the cities in search of sh*t and when they found an exceptionally large quantity, more than their pure collector bag could accommodate,they filled their pockets with the precious pure. I suppose at least some of you are wondering at this point why it was called pure,the only guess I found on that topic was that during the Victorian era they were very careful about offensive language so someone with a warped sense of humor decided poop would be euphemistically referred to as pure.

Yes sir,yes sir,two bags full!