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Show STRAW RAINCOAT I FOR SHEPHERD ' Gartncnt Envolopo Entire Body and Koepo Off Rain. In bo.ho parts of Portugal tho shepherds shep-herds and soniotlmoB men of other vo-cmlona vo-cmlona wear mantles made of straw. Theso garments cnvolop the entlro body and koop out tho heavlost rain, says Popular Mechanics. Straw A Portuguese 8traw Raincoat. nns been used for many ages as a pro- toction from rain, tho straw-thatched root being tho most familiar oxamplo, nnd it Is a woll-known fact that a properly prop-erly constructed stack of wheat shods water and protects tho Interior. |