It also easily became a repository for lice. Thomas Becket is said to have worn his hair shirt, along with breeches of the same material, until “it swarmed with vermin. ”
وكان يُلبس على الجلد بحيث يُصاب المرء بتهيُّج جلدي تنشأ عنه حاجة شديدة الى الحك ،‏ الامر الذي يسبِّب ازعاجا كبيرا .‏