[Magdalen] this morning at the Eucharist
Sibyl Smirl
polycarpa3 at ckt.net
Fri Nov 20 14:56:31 UTC 2015
And keeping those seams straight was a major big deal. I don't know
about the "certain reputation", but apparently if your seams weren't
straight, you got a reputation as a slattern.
I was told not to wear blue and green together, but everyone else
_did_, and I liked the combination, and print fabrics that used both.
Years later, my own beloved aunt and I were in a cafeteria together, and
she began to tap on my arm and subtly point and act as if she saw
something scandalous. I couldn't figure it out, and later in private
when she wouldn't have to whisper, turned out she was trying to indicate
a young woman wearing a green shirt with blue jeans (which I'd always
figured was an exception anyway -- blue jeans went with practically
anything above). My aunt's behavior implied that certain reputation,
indicated by what the woman was wearing.
On 11/20/15 8:00 AM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> LOL, Esther!
> I remember wanting to wear seamless stockings, but my mother said those were for women of a certain reputation...
> So was shaving your legs, until she found out that her beloved aunt shaved hers! After that, it was OK. I was in 10th grade.
>
> On November 20, 2015, at 8:11 AM, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> You and me both, Grace! And - I wore stockings with seams up the back.
>
> Esther
>
> On 11/19/2015 8:52 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>> Well, I am old enough to have worn them, and I am glad those days are past...!
>>
>>> On Nov 19, 2015, at 7:41 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 19/11/2015 22:03, Jon Egger wrote:
>>>> I was deaconing a service with an unnamed priest. At the start of the
>>>> Sursum Corda: "Lift up your hips..."
>>> I am old enough to recall the days when ladies wore roll-on girdles which provided some support.
>>>
>>> Roger
>
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Sibyl Smirl
I will take no bull from your house! Psalms 50:9a
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