Re: [lace] RE:drawn thread handkerchief
My guess is a chalice veil. They're fairly common and about the size of a large handkerchief. Avital - Original Message - From: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] My understanding is that while there was a pall which covered the entire(closed) casket, a pall cloth was used to cover the face of the deceased during the wake. This served two purposes... it hid the face (which, without the intervention of modern undertakers, may have been an unpleasantsight). AND - it served a distinct purpose during the wake, because if the deceased person were not quite sincerely dead, any breathing would cause the cloth to move, signaling that the person was still alive. Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] RE:drawn thread handkerchief
Helen et al, That was my first thought but, after 'selling' a beautiful jet-mounted mourning ring, with a lock of hair -presumably of the deceased - plaited at the back to a lovely American lady, and then having the sale cancelled very abruptly when I explained that it was 'mourning' as in death/dying/grief, rather than morning as in daytime, I hesitate to put people off anything by explaining nowadays! Still - her loss was my gain, as the ring was then sold to me, by the jeweller, so I was doubly happy! Carol - in a cold and grey Suffolk UK - Original Message - From: Helen Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 6:03 PM Subject: [lace] RE:drawn thread handkerchief Could it be a pall cloth? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] RE:drawn thread handkerchief
Okay, that is a new one (to me!). What is a pall cloth? Lorri -who has so-o-o-o much to learn Could it be a pall cloth? Cheers, Helen, Aussie in Denver - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] RE:drawn thread handkerchief
It's used to cover a corpse prior to burial, not sure if it's the whole body - would have thought that was a shroud - or just the head jenny barron scotland Lorri Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, that is a new one (to me!). What is a pall cloth? Lorri -who has so-o-o-o much to learn Could it be a pall cloth? Cheers, Helen, Aussie in Denver - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] RE:drawn thread handkerchief
The fabric certainly looks light enough. --- Helen Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could it be a pall cloth? Cheers, Helen, Aussie in Denver - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Rochelle Sutherland Lachlan (7yrs), Duncan (6yrs) and Iain (5yrs) www.houseofhadrian.com.au Do you Yahoo!? Find a local business fast with Yahoo! Local Search http://au.local.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] RE:drawn thread handkerchief
My guess is a chalice veil. They're fairly common and about the size of a large handkerchief. Avital - Original Message - From: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] My understanding is that while there was a pall which covered the entire(closed) casket, a pall cloth was used to cover the face of the deceased during the wake. This served two purposes... it hid the face (which, without the intervention of modern undertakers, may have been an unpleasantsight). AND - it served a distinct purpose during the wake, because if the deceased person were not quite sincerely dead, any breathing would cause the cloth to move, signaling that the person was still alive. Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
