on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 Jean Barrett wrote:
.... Susan does not strike me as a victorian name. I have been searching for
a 'Jean' bobbin for years but I know that I am unlikely to find one.
Victorians just did not call their daughters that....
Dear Jean and all spiders,
I think there were Susans around in Victorian times - it is after all a
variant on the biblical name Susannah. "Black-Eyed Susan" was a popular
melodrama and Thomas Hardy used the name for a character in "The Mayor of
Casterbridge". They may not, of course have made lace!
Like Jean, I've never found a bobbin with my name on it. I think the
problem there is regional: Jean (Scottish) and Bridget (Irish) both come
from areas where bobbin lace never really caught on.
Signing off now, as I go away tomorrow.
Happy Christmas everyone, and a lace-filled New Year.
Bridget in Watford, England
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