In all photos of my great grandmother she is wearing a mutch- a goffered cap. No other women in the pictures do so. What is the origin of this headgear and why would she wear it. I searched Cyndi's list but no luck. tia Shane in Cairo

Was a white mutch a sign of widowhood? Lilian Campbell "Prof.Hassan Osman Abd_Al-Nour" wrote: > > In all photos of my great grandmother she is wearing a mutch- a goffered cap. No other women in the pictures do so. > What is the origin of this headgear and why would she wear it. > I searched Cyndi's list but no luck. > > tia > Shane in Cairo > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm

A search on "widow's mutch" brought up a reference in "A Retrospective Introduction to the Standard Edition of The Scottish Chiefs" and the following quote: "...venerable ladies...coifed in milk-white mutch...noble widows.." Lilian "Prof.Hassan Osman Abd_Al-Nour" wrote: > > In all photos of my great grandmother she is wearing a mutch- a goffered cap. No other women in the pictures do so. > What is the origin of this headgear and why would she wear it. > I searched Cyndi's list but no luck. > > tia > Shane in Cairo > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm