Ozgirl wrote:

> Sunlight soap was a hard soap that was usually used in the laundry for
> cleaning clothes by hand, generally dirty collars etc and for washing of
> hands when working in the yard or under the car. It had either no
> fragrance or very low fragrance as I can't really remember a fragrance.
> We used it in the bath as we couldn't afford regular bath soap. It
> doesn't really make any suds which is why we always wondered why my nan
> used it for washing dishes. Grease never really came off her plates,
> lol.

We can still get it here! Brought back by popular demand. Then one day in a
jumble sale my wife saw a soap cage - got it for a song, the young
salesperson had no idea what it was. Picked up another old tool the same
way: http://www.strindahistorielag.no/wik...hp?title=Tvare

Warning - text is in Norwegian, the picture is universal. It was used to
stir porridge, mostly - roll the handle between your palms. Grandma used it.