[Sca-cooks] Puritans, was: Canadian Friends

[chirhart_1]

Misha's got a callange! Learn boy or the scarlet "D" for dunce will be
attached to your butt and and too your dying shame people will say ,(He
thought Li-brary was where you told tails)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura C. Minnick" <lcm at efn.org>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Puritans, was: Canadian Friends


>
>
> XvLoverCrimvX at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 10/5/01 11:48:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
lcm at efn.org
> > writes:
> >
> > > A challenge for you Misha- go to the library, and do some reading.
> <snip>
> > Well, from what I know of my English and History class the Puritans were
> <snip>
>
> Pretty good, Misha! You even got Jonathan Edwards!
>
> One of the things to remember- things such as the Witch Trials and the
> fire & brimstone preaching, the _Scarlet Letter_, etc.- those are
> examples of the outside fringe elements of the Puritans. Like any group,
> the rest of the folks were sitting in the middle, running their farms,
> loving their spouses and raising families, with no suspicions of the
> widow next door who grew herbs for doctorin' and served as the town
> midwife. They were very strict morally, but tended to be happy, healthy,
> and prosperous. They also liked bawdy songs, and practiced 'bundling'
> (see if you can find that in your books!).
>
> The idea of a Puritan persona could be kinda cool, though I can see two
> drawbacks: do you really want to wear very simple unrelieved black and
> white for your SCA career? And how important is it to you to find a
> date? Mind you, a persona so far afield from your own avowed preferences
> would quickly either become impossible to keep authentically, or would
> become a farce. It is to think about...
>
> Good work so far, Misha- you get a gold star!
>
> 'Lainie
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