One tied the bear to a post and let dogs attack it. (Well, you did ask....)
Between the bear and the dogs, I can't imagine an involvement with bear-baiting would be good for the fingers (which are exactly the bits at risk when trying to get the dogs away from the bear afterwards) or, by extension, for lacemaking in general. It might, however, be an explanation for the close relationship (legendary in dog circles) between French Bulldogs (descended from dogs which baited bears as well as bulls) and lacemakers. Unfortunately for this poetic fancy it seems clear that the prototype French Bulldogs were taken from England to France by makers of machine lace, not people making lace by hand. Oh, well. Sue (a Frenchie owner as well as lacemaker, liable to run on about this subject whenever given any encouragement at all...ask Tamara <g>!) At 11:34 AM 1/3/2007 -0500, Aurelia Loveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Forgive me if this is an indelicate question, but what exactly is it >that is done when one baits a bear? Might it improve the fingering >for lacemaking? (this question asked mainly to keep the discussion >within our lace province)--Aurelia Susan Lambiris Raleigh, NC http://home.earthlink.net/~slambiris/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
