The 17th-century Irish farmer Rober Cook was the most unusual person in County Waterford. he always wore white linen. His underwear, night clothes and shirts were all in white, and so were his suits, coats and hats. He became so famous for his clothes and his love for white that he was known all over Ireland as “Linen Cook”.

　　第十七世纪爱尔兰农场主罗伯特厨师在沃特福德郡最不寻常的人。他总是穿着白色的亚麻布。他的内衣，睡衣和衬衫都是白色的，所以他的西装，大衣和帽子。他成了他的衣服，他爱白，他被称为“全爱尔兰亚麻煮这么有名”。

　　He refused to have any brown cows in the field of his farm at Cappoquin and even his horses had to be the same pure white as his clothes.

　　他拒绝在他的农场在卡波昆领域有棕色的牛，连他的马是他的衣服一样的纯白色。

　　Cook was a eager vegetarian and refused to eat the flesh of any animal or to wear anything produced by an animal.

　　厨师是一个热心的素食主义者，不吃任何动物或穿任何由动物生产的肉。

　　A fox which attacked (袭击) his chickens was not killed when it was caught. Instead, he gave it a talk on the evils (罪恶) of murder, then offered it a sporting chance by making it run through a line of his farm workers, who had sticks.

　　一只狐狸的攻击(袭击)他的鸡没死时被抓获。相反，他把它的罪恶的谈话(罪恶)谋杀，然后给它一个机会让它穿过了他的农场工人，谁坚持了。

　　Cook had a long and healthy life and showed that “water for drink, vegetables for food and linen and other plant life for clothing were enough to live on.”

　　煮过长寿而健康的生活，显示了“水喝，服装食品和亚麻和其它植物蔬菜足够生活。”

　　He died in 1726 when he was over eighty years old and was buried in a white linen shroud (寿衣).

　　他在1726去世时，他已经超过八十岁，葬在一个白色的亚麻布(寿衣)。