tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post4421434087080456222..comments2023-10-30T07:08:09.860-07:00Comments on It's a Mystery: A Peek into Victorian LifeElspeth Futcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10330102545384369360noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-17285184766762270102011-05-24T04:44:47.518-07:002011-05-24T04:44:47.518-07:00I love learning this stuff. Thanks, Elspeth! I h...I love learning this stuff. Thanks, Elspeth! I heard the other day that it's actually called "low tea" except for tourists. I can't remember the reason.<br /><br />MicheleJournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-78813666437021980062011-05-23T12:35:23.697-07:002011-05-23T12:35:23.697-07:00Very interesting! I didn't realize that Victor...Very interesting! I didn't realize that Victoria started the trend for white wedding dresses. And I've always thought it was *very* polite for a gentleman to offer me his seat...ha! :)Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-28016926310951027422011-05-23T09:06:12.129-07:002011-05-23T09:06:12.129-07:00Lady Gwen; Yum indeed!Lady Gwen; Yum indeed!Elspeth Futcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330102545384369360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-48506696171992294792011-05-23T08:59:42.224-07:002011-05-23T08:59:42.224-07:00I love the Victorian era! Especially high tea - I ...I love the Victorian era! Especially high tea - I love scones with clotted cream and lemon curd, and the little cucumber sandwiches. Yum!Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-30948040431658798802011-05-23T08:23:22.166-07:002011-05-23T08:23:22.166-07:00Terry; Antimacassers lived on long after Victoria!...Terry; Antimacassers lived on long after Victoria! I've crocheted doilies, but never one of them.<br /><br />Margot; It was a very formal society, wasn't it? In some ways, it's not such a bad thing, if you know the rules it's less likely to get egg on your face! (I would hope...)Elspeth Futcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330102545384369360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-40241649513901551682011-05-23T08:10:12.429-07:002011-05-23T08:10:12.429-07:00Elspeth - Such an interesting era! What I find rea...Elspeth - Such an interesting era! What I find really fascinating is that there was a ritual for so many things. For tea, for dinner, for riding, for greeting people, for...well...everything. What a lot for a Victorian child to learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-66443802132493337722011-05-23T07:58:35.080-07:002011-05-23T07:58:35.080-07:00Warm seat cushion? Who knew. I did know about the ...Warm seat cushion? Who knew. I did know about the antimacassers; my grandmother and friends used to crochet them. Some did just the center sections and others took those and did a different kind of stitching around them.<br /><br />Terry<br /><a href="http://terryodell.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Terry's Place</a><br /><a href="http://www.terryodell.com" rel="nofollow">Romance with a Twist-Terry Odellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610682530545306687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-15582875241753064132011-05-23T07:37:31.405-07:002011-05-23T07:37:31.405-07:00Jan; I hope you have a good day as well!
Carol; I...Jan; I hope you have a good day as well!<br /><br />Carol; I KNOW I'm glad. Those corsets would have killed me!<br /><br />Giggles; Camping is just wrong. I fail to see how having to do all my daily chores under primitive circumstances is supposed to be restful. Give me room service any day.Elspeth Futcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330102545384369360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-34295456910976612012011-05-23T07:32:13.138-07:002011-05-23T07:32:13.138-07:00Hope you have a great Victoria Day.
I'd be a ...Hope you have a great Victoria Day. <br />I'd be a non-traditional -- no camping and no planting is storms.Mary@GigglesandGunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350818228268801008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-15386042726013611442011-05-23T07:30:26.190-07:002011-05-23T07:30:26.190-07:00Happy Victoria Day! I think I'm glad I didn...Happy Victoria Day! I think I'm glad I didn't live in that era.Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168273312704732896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-40491717859433857122011-05-23T06:40:59.230-07:002011-05-23T06:40:59.230-07:00I love this! I also mentioned Victoria Day on my s...I love this! I also mentioned Victoria Day on my site. I love the warm seat business - how totally precious that is. Hope you have a good day no matter how traditional you aren't!<br /><a href="http://www.labanan.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Jan Morrison</a>Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.com