----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen davie" <stephen.davie@sympatico.ca> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Scottish 'tinklers' or gypsies? Just a brief note.... Parts snipped.... > I ran into a stone wall merely enquiring as to what my relatives in > Orkney would have worn on their bodies in the way of clothing say a > thousand years ago, considering the weather in the winter especially, > and the dampness. Steve, one item of clothing I did see in the museum there in Kirkwall was a cloth hood worn over the whole head witht the face cut out. Sort of a Balaclava looking item. It had been dug from the peat.. It was there for a short visit and was to return to another museum. Pat

Interesting. do you recall what kind of cloth it was? On Monday, May 24, 2004, at 03:31 AM, Tirabasso wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "stephen davie" <stephen.davie@sympatico.ca> > To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 12:05 PM > Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Scottish 'tinklers' or gypsies? > > > > Just a brief note.... > > Parts snipped.... > > >> I ran into a stone wall merely enquiring as to what my relatives in >> Orkney would have worn on their bodies in the way of clothing say a >> thousand years ago, considering the weather in the winter especially, >> and the dampness. > > Steve, one item of clothing I did see in the museum there in Kirkwall > was a > cloth hood worn over the whole head witht the face cut out. Sort of a > Balaclava looking item. It had been dug from the peat.. It was there > for a > short visit and was to return to another museum. > > Pat > > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >