I recently bought a used book titled Sewing Magic, by Mary Brooks
Picken, with the copyright dates of 1950, 1951, and 1952. This book
contains 159 patterns for women's clothes, 1 for men (work aprons), 27
infants and children (mostly female), 11 for home dec, and 26 for
gifts, including a few
That's alright. It helps me not feel so much like a dunce when I do it. :)
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I am sorry De for repeating your links.
Penny Ladnier, owner
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Sadly, this is an Algonquin (specifically Wappanoag) word that means matron,
that a young Iroquoian woman decided was an English bastardization of an
Iroquois word that mean vagina.
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I was surprised by this because I had never heard it used in such a way. I had
always heard it used to mean woman or wife. Granted, it is a condescending
racist term but certainly not an obscene or sexual one. So I looked at wiki to
see what it said. It does mention the vagina issue but said it
I know from attending a Chickahominy Powwow last year they stated that it is
not a favorable word.
Penny Ladnier, owner
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