Brochan lom isn't just thin porridge, as mentioned. It can refer to a substance resembling dit. (e.g. new wool being cleaned for use, especially for tweed.) I did once try this out on an old towel some years ago, just for curiosity, to see if it does actually clean. It works well, but I don't recommend using the towel again. Anyway, after cleaning it this way, you have to clean it again. Is that innocent, immoral or not? I don't know.
Re Roman use: true as stated above. Public conveniences were usually just jars fastened to a wall and would be collected by launderers for use when full. The story is that the notoriously stingy emperor Vespasian (after Nero, around 70 CE) actually taxed the use of the stated liquid. His son and successor, a more delicate creature, expressed distaste. Daddy shoved a coin under his nose and asked, 'Does that ------- stink, then?' No reply is recorded. Strangely, the cost of the Colosseum was met, partly anyway, with human liquid waste. That's one of The Things They Don't Tell You At School.
the bawneen jackets and the Kelly Green berets (with pom-poms)Wonderful, Doatie! Just picture it: you've got the ideal uniform for the ra- ra- band for this place, as previously suggested.
He makes us think he's talking dirty but half the time it's totally innocent.But what about the
other half of the time?
