I thought the trick was to write notes to your pals using lemon juice as ink then they could read it if they warmed the paper up. A bit hazardous if using an open fire for a heat source. Maybe that was why there were sand buckets. 
PS can't remember any sand buckets at school.
PS can't remember any sand buckets at school.
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