[Sca-cooks] Puritans, was: Canadian Friends

[Laura C. Minnick]

jenne at fiedlerfamily.net wrote:
>
> > Scarlet could be dyed any color- red was very popular- an expensive dye,
> > and worthy of the fine fabric. But it was also dyed blue, dyed in pers,
> > which was very expensive ( and derived from woad), and there is also
> > mention of brown scarlet.
> > Does that help?
>
> Not to ruin the moment of Periodness... but can the use of the term
> 'scarlet' to mean a weave of cloth be documented to be contemporary with
> the Quaker movement?

The term was contemporary in that use to the Elizabethans. Is it that
much of a stretch? I'll see if I can find a date though.

And can you document the tale? ;-D)

'Lainie