Nancy That is interesting. I have also heard about the connection between the mine and the lacemakers, but that the connection was that near the mine no other source of income was possible. So the women took up lacemaking. But there is another possible source for the lacemaking tradition. During the middle ages Italy had a great deal of influence on the coastal areas of the former Yugoslavia, and especially in Slovenia. During the time when my grandparents left it, Slovenia was regarded as the most westernized of the provinces, and its connections with Italy was the primary cause. And of course, the Italian lacemaking tradition is largely tape lace, as is the German. I have not heard this connection to Italy mentionned elsewhere, it is just a bit of history I know about and I'm wondering if it was part of the story. Lorelei Halley
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