trowsers

[Nigel]

Methinks she should change her name to

"Lucy Cannon"

What say, eh Patrick?

[Duchess]

Is that another way to say.....

"When ya got em by th' balls...thier hearts an minds will follow......"

That struck me as unreasonable funny!

The Duchess

[Patrick Hand]

...couldn't help it....... I miss read th post, and it was the second thing to pop into my mind..... (the first thing was..... wot happened to my rum..... but thats another story....)

[Cap'n Pete Straw]

I cannot answer, with any degree of expertise, what pirate reenactors wear for leg coverings, as this needs to be answered by more seasoned pirate reeanctors. But the term "Pirate" means "one who plunders the seas" and, as such, represents people from prehistoric times to present day.

...Therefore, leg wear is/was dictated by the customs of the time (AND geographical location!). Most of the "Pirates" these days (and please correct me if I am wrong) are striving to recreate the "High Wave" of piracy which largely surrounds the 1700s (of course, there were significant Big-Name Pirates in the 1600s, and the "problem" continued well into the 1800s -- don't even bring up Confederate Blockade Running of the 1860s).

One of the best boks I have in my collection is "A History of Costume" (by Kohler; Dover Press; ISBN 0-486-21030-8; 1963), a beautifully researched study into clothing through the ages, complete with pattern drawn from dissected originals.

Men's hose was in vogue until the Sixteenth century -- when the reign of Charles IX (1560-74) largely changed the fashion of the times. Long hose (bas-de-chausses) retained its earlier form, but breeches became stylish as slashed outer breeches (trousses), then widened into tonnelets, and then into "trousers" by lengthening to the knees or lower and omission of the slashes.

"At first these trousers were of the same width all the way down, and were merely gathered at the foot. But ere very long they were made tighter at the knees. This change was accompanied by the disappearance of the padded front flap. Its place was taken by a slit arranged for buttoning."

-- must now put up Christmas lights outside and increase credit limit for Xmas shopping to be done later this afternoon... I can add to this later (going into the 1700s, if needed), if you are interested....

[Patrick Hand]

awwwwwh... but Capt. Pete.... that is the style of "landsmen" not sailors (who pyrates develope from).... so it get much trickier than that.........

I have two pair of breaches..... both with the "baggy butt" that is period..... one pair is(are?) slightly tight (well not tight, but stove pipe.....) the other pair are pettiecoat breaches........ with the pettycoat breaches.... dang.... I can scratch anyplace on my body that might have an itch......

[Rumba Rue]

I can scratch anyplace on my body that might have an itch......

Heheeeee, and so can us women!

Rumba Rue

**A wicked mind is a wonderful thing**

[Patrick Hand]

RumbaRue..... I'll scratch yer back iffin ye scratch mine........

Rumba Rue

**A wicked mind is a wonderful thing**

to waste...... got rum?

[Rumba Rue]

It's a deal!

Now when we can have the real technology to transport ourselves about that would be terrific!

Rumba Rue

**I got rum!**

[Patrick Hand]

... I seems ta remember something like that they were working on in Willy Wonka ...... iff I remembers corectly..... it didn't work very well.........

[Rumba Rue]

Aye me dear Patrick should we ever have the chance ta meet up, I'll be more than willin' ta scratch yers as long as ye be willin' ta scratch mine.

I'll be holdin' ye to it! :)

and so the sordid tale goes.....

Rumba Rue

** **

[Patrick Hand]

aaaargh.... but sorid be such a nice word ter me thinkin'...................................