[Elfsea] Purple and red

[Terri Head]

Ahhhh... my favorite color, purple!  It is also the color of the priesthood of Hebrew culture.  It was a part of the colors of the temple, and the Ephod, the priestly garments.  To wear purple linen was a sign of great wealth.

Thanks for the other info.  Since I am now in school full time (getting my bachelor's in fine arts to be an Interior Designer) one of the things that I will have to do soon is do a cultural study on the color of my choosing. (can we all guess what color that will be??? lol!)  Thanks for this extra information!  It will come handy!

In Service,
Violet of Glamorganshire
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Marsh, Vicki" <MarsV at chisd.com>
Reply-To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:51:04 -0500

>Thank you for getting the literary reference!!!
>
>Well, I do like to wear purple already, and I have this nifty red hat with
>white fur and ermine spots on it that I get to wear.  I also bought some red
>fezes at Gulf War that look pretty cool:)
>
>There is also an oblique reference to wearing purple - actually a dark
>reddish purple - that the nobility of Constantinople wore - made from the
>murex shells.  The nobility were also said to be "born to the purple" or
>Porphrygenitus.  The halls of the palace were made of a purplish marble
>called poryphery (I think - no books handy to look it up).  I got to see an
>urn made out of this beautiful marble when I went to Dumbarton Oaks
>University in D.C. several years ago.
>
>Mistress Xene.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jane Sitton [mailto:jane.sitton at radioshack.com]
>Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:26 AM
>To: 'elfsea at ansteorra.org'
>Subject: RE: [Elfsea] Happy Birthday
>
>
>There are even clubs now of older ladies who wear purple and red hats... I
>think I heard somewhere that if you are a junior member, you have to wear
>blue and a pink hat, or some such.
>
>And you are not so old, Padraig.  Logan is older than you.
>
>Madelina
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Padraig O'Maolagain [mailto:padraig_ruad at irishbard.com]
>Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:32 PM
>To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
>Subject: RE: [Elfsea] Happy Birthday
>
>
>Maria wrote:
>
>>Purple? I would love have a little history lesson here. Why purple?
>>
>
>How many others recognized (and smiled at) Xene's reference to the following
>poem?
>
>WARNING
>When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
>With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.
>And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
>And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
>I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
>And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
>And run my stick along the public railings
>And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
>I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
>And pick the flowers in other people's gardens . . .
>But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
>So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
>When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
>--------------------------------------------------------
>
>Xene, when you are twice your present age, I shall still be older than you.
>:)  But I'll bet we will both still remember The Moose Song.
>
>Happy Birthday and many happy returns of the day.
>
>Padraig
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