[Ansteorra] Marking your property

[Lisa May]

Right, unlike the white belt (knights) or white baldric (masters at arms),
which are both reserved for members of the Order of the Chivalry,
society-wide.  (A knight could wear a white sash as a belt, and a master at
arms could wear a white sash as a baldric, diagonally across the body from
shoulder to waist.)  I believe white is the only color reserved for belts
and/or baldrics.

Maggie

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Eule <eule at ecpi.com> wrote:

> 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
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-- 
Regards,

Lisa
(or Maggie, depending)
<smile>