Half a shawl
Aug. 22nd, 2006 10:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizwilliamsOn Sunday, my mother gave me half a shawl. It dates from the 1840s and it's a cotton paisley affair, quite large and rather ornate, with a small silk fringe.
THe other half was taken out to New Zealand when a section of my mum's family emigrated during the 19th century: they cut the shawl in half as a memento for each branch of the family. Now, I'm hoping that some Kiwi person will turn up with the other bit, like those Medieval romances in which someone cuts a ring in two.
THe other half was taken out to New Zealand when a section of my mum's family emigrated during the 19th century: they cut the shawl in half as a memento for each branch of the family. Now, I'm hoping that some Kiwi person will turn up with the other bit, like those Medieval romances in which someone cuts a ring in two.
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Date: 2006-08-22 09:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-22 09:38 am (UTC)Category of ballads known as "broken token" songs - which I always thought was too good a name to waste. Yours is a great version.
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Date: 2006-08-22 11:00 am (UTC)Fjm, no, I haven't framed it - it's huge. I will probably wear it instead.