I'd agree with that. Firstly, even though a pocket may have been sizable enough to accomodate the items referred to, it wouldn't be waterproof. Secondly, who in their right mind would put them all in there together??? My coat has poachers pockets - designed for the transportation of freshly shot game birds and therefore waterproof (not that I use it for such) - I still wouldn't be putting cake and wine and chicken in there all at once... I'd suspect it's some sort of sarcy joke about the size of women's pockets, and the amount that they carry round in them - in the same way as you get jokes today about women with the kitchen sink in their handbags. In a message dated 09/06/2010 19:00:39 GMT Daylight Time, h-costume-requ...@indra.com writes:
Indeed, but that does not mean a woman would want to put greasy and wet foods in them to stain her undergarments and dress. Fran On 6/8/2010 11:11 PM, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden wrote: > The pockets used in the 18th century were still used well into the Victorian > period. They are quite substantial in size, and tied around the waist under > the skirt. I have a regency-era pocket, and have seen victorian ones when I > went to England last year. > Bye for now, > > Aylwen > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
