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front to back, and consists of thirteen rows of plain cording 

 lying close together. This piece is made separately. Then 

 comes an inch-deep pleated frilling put in full, facing 

 forward and ending in a cording at its back. This cording 

 has a more various and richer appearance than that of 

 the front, as it is done ' full ' instead of plain. There are 

 three such lines of ' fulled ' frilling and cording, then three 

 more rows of cording, separated by a small space, something 

 less than half-an-inch. Then comes the back, which is 

 formed of the downward gathering together of the stuff to 

 join the top of the curtain. 



The curtain has a length of 48 inches, measured alonsr 

 its lower free edge, and comes down to the point of the 

 shoulders. The upper edge is gathered in, to fit the lower 

 edge of the bonnet. It is finished at the back with a flat 

 bow, with ends whose length is the same as the depth of 

 the curtain. There are also strings at the front, which as 

 far as I remember were never tied. 



A loose print jacket, open at the front, I am told was worn 

 in the older days, but I have no recollection of having seen it. 



Pattens were in general use to near the middle of the 

 last century. They were wooden clogs with a leather toe- 

 piece, and bands of leather 

 that tied with a short lace 

 over the instep. An oval 

 iron hoop, fixed to the under- 

 side, lifted the wearer above 

 the mud. 



Pattkns 



' Pattens ! ' said an old 

 friend, when I asked her about them, ' I mind when I 

 always wore 'cm, fetchin' water from the well, or any 



