Coir fully ripened coconuts is thick, strong and has high abrasion resistance. It is typically used in mats, brushes and sacking. Mature brown coir fibres contain more lignin and less cellulose than fibres such as flax and cotton, so are stronger but less flexible. White coir fibres harvested from coconuts before they are ripe are white or light brown in color and are smoother and finer, but also weaker. They are generally spun to make yarn used in mats or rope. The coir fibre is relatively waterproof, and is one of the few natural fibres resistant to damage by saltwater. Fresh
Ingrid (given name) but picked up again in the late 1970s, peaking above 1.5% in the 1990s. The name became popular outside of Scandinavia from the 1940s due to the fame of Ingrid Bergman. Ingrid (given name) Ingrid is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch feminine given name. It continues the Old Norse name "Ingiríðr", which was a short form of "Ingfríðr", composed of the theonym "Ing" and the element "fríðr" "beloved; beautiful" common in Germanic feminine given names. The name Ingrid (more rarely in the variant "Ingerid" or "Ingfrid"; short forms "Inga, Inger, Ingri") remains widely given in all of Scandinavia, with the