The ceremonial bale of wool was actually stuffed with horsehair.
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In 1938, it was discovered that the Woolsack was stuffed with horsehair. When it was remade, it was re-stuffed with wool from the British Isles and all over the British Commonwealth, supplied by the International Wool Secretariat, as a symbol of unity.