[Artemisia] More Norman Garb Questions

[L.J. Richards]

re ?#2 - military term is "leggins" (w/o the 'g').  Were worn thru WWI and 
then on their way out.  Interestingly WWI is where you see the last vestiges 
of medieval armor and the beginnings of the 'modern army'.  I must remember 
the name 'wikklebands'!  Cool name!
Bronwen (who's also a museum curator; and leg wrappings would be the 
secondary term)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sue Clemenger" <mooncat at in-tch.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] More Norman Garb Questions


> Not stupid questions at all! How are you going to learn, if you don't ask?
> ;o)
****> 2.  The leg wrappings are...leg wrappings.  Coming out of the depths 
of my
> brain, is a word "wikklebands" (spelling entirely optional), but I think
> that's an Anglo-Saxon term, and not a Norman one.  I know that there are
> guys in the SCA who wear them (Syr Kian is one of them), but I'm not
> familiar enough with them to give you any info, sorry.
****