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Posted by Magic Mood Jeep on July 8, 2009, 8:51 pm
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>>Definitely a dangerous place to browse. I can't imagine staying
>>still long enough at that age.
>>Nancy
> It was another age. No television, often not too many books and a
> heavy accent on a 'lady' learning to use her needle to advantage and
> being far more marriageable as a result.
That, and IIRC, a lot of young "ladies" were married by age 14-16 or they
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were considered <gasp> a spinster!!! (Wonder what they'd think
nowadays....)
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Posted by on July 9, 2009, 7:28 am
On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 20:51:51 -0400, "Magic Mood Jeep"
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>>>Definitely a dangerous place to browse. I can't imagine staying
>>>still long enough at that age.
>>>Nancy
>> It was another age. No television, often not too many books and a
>> heavy accent on a 'lady' learning to use her needle to advantage and
>> being far more marriageable as a result.
>That, and IIRC, a lot of young "ladies" were married by age 14-16 or they
>were considered <gasp> a spinster!!! (Wonder what they'd think
>nowadays....)
>--
> >^..^< This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help
>her
>wipe out Bunny's world domination.
I have a sampler executed by my maternal great-grandmother ~ it is
patently clear she didn't care for stitching and was impatient ~ they
say around NS 'the more things change, the more they stay the same'
lol
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Posted by ellice on July 8, 2009, 11:13 pm
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>> Definitely a dangerous place to browse. I can't imagine staying
>> still long enough at that age.
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>> Nancy
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> It was another age. No television, often not too many books and a
> heavy accent on a 'lady' learning to use her needle to advantage and
> being far more marriageable as a result.
Not to mention that samplers were a way to demonstrate literacy, and the
exercise of learning letters. It's still amazing that some of these really
fine works with tiny stitches were done with only natural lighting, and
candles.
Ellice
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Posted by Dawne Peterson on July 8, 2009, 11:36 pm
lucretiaborgia wrote
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> Nancy wrote:
>>Definitely a dangerous place to browse. I can't imagine staying
>>still long enough at that age.
>>Nancy
> It was another age. No television, often not too many books and a
> heavy accent on a 'lady' learning to use her needle to advantage and
> being far more marriageable as a result.
Learning to make letters also prepared one to monogram and mark household
linens. For girls who weren't wealthy, it was a good skill to have if one
wanted to be a companion, or, even less, but better than the kitchen, a
lady's maid.
Dawne
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Posted by on July 9, 2009, 7:35 am
On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:36:15 -0600, "Dawne Peterson"
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>lucretiaborgia wrote
>> Nancy wrote:
>>>Definitely a dangerous place to browse. I can't imagine staying
>>>still long enough at that age.
>>>Nancy
>> It was another age. No television, often not too many books and a
>> heavy accent on a 'lady' learning to use her needle to advantage and
>> being far more marriageable as a result.
>Learning to make letters also prepared one to monogram and mark household
>linens. For girls who weren't wealthy, it was a good skill to have if one
>wanted to be a companion, or, even less, but better than the kitchen, a
>lady's maid.
>Dawne
Also if over here where it generally was not easy to purchase
household goods, one could buy plain and then decorate and embellish,
making the household less plain. I believe they started their
trousseaus early, as you say, monogramming towels and sheets and
laying them in the cedar chests ready for the Day! Hope Chests.
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>>still long enough at that age.
>>Nancy
> It was another age. No television, often not too many books and a
> heavy accent on a 'lady' learning to use her needle to advantage and
> being far more marriageable as a result.