Janet wrote:
Oh I know /what/ it is. I get it every time. But the advise of 'wear
gloves' doesn't work! I had gloves on, i didn't touch them!!

If they were disposable gloves it's possible you reacted to the type
of glove material.

Nope, they're my normal gardening gloves. Honest, it's /definitely/ the
hyacinth bulbs! I've never had this kind of reaction to anything else
afair, either.