Thanksgiving Myths, Busted
"Myth: The pilgrims wore large hats with buckles on them. The truth: None of the participants were dressed anything like the way they’ve been portrayed in art. The Pilgrims didn’t dress in black, didn’t wear buckles on their hats or shoes, and didn’t wear tall hats. The 19th-century artists who painted them that way did so because they associated black clothing and buckles with being old-fashioned." [Neatorama]
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3 Comments:
So I guess that naughty pilgrim thing I been saving for Thus night is ruined.
All those buckles are a pain anyway.
JerzeeTomato at 12:11PM on 11/24/08
lol! pornocopia!
sailordave at 12:51PM on 11/24/08
There was a vast world of difference between the Pilgrims and the Puritans. Pilgrims wore clothing more akin to that worn in England, and were not restricted in the way the Puritans were. Buckles, on shoes, hats and other items of clothing were worn by the more affluent.
I spent a summer working at Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts as a teenager.
Mares at 5:22PM on 11/24/08