SC - Re: Killer cooks

[Elaine Koogler]

I suspect that most folks think of "full Elizabethan" as being full court garb,
not stopping to think that lower or middle class everyday garb is "full
Elizabethan" as well.

Kiri

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 7/18/00 1:41:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > parlei at algonet.se writes:
> >
> > << You mean they didn't dress down to Saxon, Viking, Generic Early, or
> >  Mundane when doing strenuous or dirty work?  >>
> >
> > The fact of the matter is that anyone from the Elizabethan era that dressed
> > in 'full' Elizabethan garb never so much as lifted a knife to butcher a veal
> > calf.  I fail to see the point of this thread.....:-(
>
> Funny, since you seem to be in agreement with everyone else on this. I'm
> just wondering what Elizabethan English butchers wore when working, and
> why it doesn't qualify as "full Elizabethan". Presumably there is some
> kind of jargon involved, but whose? Is this modern costuming terminology
> (which might have some defensible basis in reality, or might not),
> arbitrary SCAdian pseudolanguage (which probably doesn't), or did Lady
> Elinor Fettiplace record, in her diary, having worn "my fulle
> Elizabethan" on her wedding day...?
>
> Adamantius
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
>
> troy at asan.com
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