Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 12, 2019

According to irishindeed.com, the Irish fisherman’s sweater was originally made with wool that retained lanolin, which made it water resistant.

The web site doesn’t say, but I wonder what they smelled like. Wet sheep? Yeesh. And how would you clean it without washing the lanolin off?

Also, they expected the fishermen to be a little larger.

Actually the open weave was so your sweat could get out. Hauling nets and sorting the hoist is very strenuous and even in the coldest of days you worked up a sweat.

The lanolin was brushed on, then, after a strong trip the sweater was hung outside for the rain to cleanse. Even in sub freezing temps snowflakes would hit the lanolin and melt to carry away the residue of fishing.

You wear the sweater under a jacket. The jacket is the windbreak and that sweater looks like it has about an r-19 insulation value

The Anthology Formerly Known as Prince? Would some kind soul please explain the joke to me, particularly the meaning here of “hook”. TIA.

He looks like a vertically crowning baby!

I’ve heard the sweater design varies by family, to aid in identifying fishermen when they washed ashore

Thanks to the above comments this has become a very ‘educational’ strip. Now I’m going to have to find some of the music mentioned just so I can say ‘oh yeah. That hook.’

Love Frazz’s expression at the idea of fish smell.

Somethings fishy here…

Not to be confused with the “Hook” on a Blues Traveler anthology.

As LOTHLORIEN singsHeave away upon the capstan give a hand to heave the trawl

So I went and I joined a trawler and it’s then I quickly found That it wasn’t all plain sailing when you reach the trawling ground Heave away upon the capstan give a hand to heave the trawl

You’ll be hauling night and day me boys, you’re nearer slaves than men And once you get all your fishes aboard it’s time to haul again Heave away upon the capstan give a hand to heave the trawl

And when the waves are pouring around us and they’re pounding against the deck Well you’ll work your bit like all of the rest if you want to save your neck Heave away upon the capstan give a hand to heave the trawl

Prince also changed to a nameless symbol that sort have looked like a hook…

Why did he have to shape her hair like a fish!?