lime mortar tech

["daedelus lanthanien" <daedeluslanthanien@zzzzzzzzzzz>]

My main interest in discussing lime mortars of old, is to try to verify
comments that I have heard elsewhere. I have ran into a few references of
masons pulling set stones in ancient castles and finding the mortar to be
still pliable. I have not been able to observe work of this type and I am
very interested in hearing from those who have dealt with it. Is it true?
Since the mortar is so soft was the structure sealed in its entirety with
oiled sand, or was this strictly a treatment for wet areas of the wall?

Have a good day, daed