[Ansteorra] Marking your property

[Eule]

Of course, the trouble with that sort of situation begins with the fact
that a red belt (or red scarf, green or yellow belt) is not "reserved"
for squires...it is merely a tradition.

Eule/Steve
Unus sed Leo
 


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Case in point.
There was a woman here in Northkeep, more a fringie than a newbie, at an
event hosted by our then-shire that wore a cloth belt she had made
herself, black with a red stripe running the length of the belt down the
center. She thought it went well with the red-and-black plaid garb she
made for the event, and was justly proud of her work. A peer of the
realm came to her and berated her for the belt, claiming that against
the plaid the black outer stripes could not be seen and it LOOKED LIKE
she was wearing the red belt reserved for a squire. Somehow the red
half-inch stripe was more visible from a distance than the two outer
black half-inch stripes. Go figure. In anger and shame she left the
event, the site, the shire and the Society. In response several
stronger-spirited members BEGAN wearing black belts with red stripes.
Some of us still do. Kevin