hi there, I do not know anything about textiles ect.. However I have come accross the expression "blue". It is generally used to describe something of quality that is better than the rest. For example the royal family are refered to as having "blue blood" Thoroughbred race horses such as Northern Dancer or Eclipse are refered to as having blue blood. A person is called a "true blue" when he is regarded as someone who is without fault and can be relied upon 100%. To go even further and describe something better than blue,you would say "they were bred in the purple" Best regards Rod Boyd... PS.. Bloods thicker than gravy..... as even better deTo go one better than blue agfoster@headscheme.com >Reply-To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com >To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [Boyd] weaving in Scotland >Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:49:21 -0400 > >Does anyone know of a good book about early (1600-@1760) weaving in >Scotland? Also, does anyone know what "blue goods" (textile) are? My gr gr >gr grandfather from Kilmarnock established both a weaving mill and blue >goods weavers (I think there may have been a special license required as >there was in Europe) in Maryland. > > >==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== >RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > _________________________________________________________________ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters