[Ansteorra] Veiling

Chelsea Durham baby_sis_83 at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 4 07:06:50 PST 2009


The few readings i've done suggested that an unmarried woman would wear a white veil and a married woman would wear a black one. 

-Lady Grainne Kathleen NicPadraig MacDaniel 

Son, I never knew there was part of me missing until you were born.  
 



> From: zubeydah at northkeep.org
> To: alexsandraeryn at yahoo.com; ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 08:50:38 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Veiling
> 
> "Mantilla" is also a Spanish term for a veil.  My grandfather was born in 
> Cudillero, in Spain, and I have several, of various types and manufacture. 
> Most are black, but some are white, depending on the occasion.  For the most 
> part, they are worn with a tortoiseshell comb (now illegal, due to wildlife 
> laws) for special rituals - those tend to be narrow (perhaps a little over a 
> foot and a quarter wide) and long (2-ish yards).  I have one that's quite 
> grand, in a massive triangle.
> 
> - zubeydah
> 
> 
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