On 7 Feb, 2005, at 15:04, Charlie Bonner wrote:
I dont know if any one else would use cork in the way that we do. While hunting ducks,crows,turkeys, and Deer it is key to having your face covered or blacked and a burnt cork is a great way to black out ones face and it comes off really easy compared to camo make up.
We used to use charred cork as face paint for blackening Saint Nicholas' servants' faces. Unlike Santa Claus, who is assisted by elves, Dutch Saint Nicholas (who is the archetypal Santa...) has black (probably originally Turkish or Moorish) servants.
Henk
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