[lace] St. Martins Day Fair

2005-11-14 Thread Jane Partridge
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Pene Piip [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes They were from Gloucester said that they hadn't seen lacemaking before, but he knew of the lace machines in Nottingham. Sounds as if the Gloucester Lace Group (which has been in existence for years!) need to get out and

[lace] St. Martins Day Fair

2005-11-13 Thread Pene Piip
Here in Estonia, children look forward to St. Martin's Day (Nov. 10th) St. Catherine's Day (Nov. 25th), when they go around to homes in the neighbourhood, sing songs get small tokens of candy or fruit. Boys girls dress up as men on St. Martin's Day as women on St. Catherine's Day. We had