Is it possible that in this case the pocket is actually a purse or pouch and not what we consider a pocket? Example: pocketbook. 18th century pocketbooks http://tinyurl.com/2ehf9ud
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:18th_century_purses 19th http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:19th_century_purses waist pocket http://tinyurl.com/2c89n3b De -----Original Message----- I cant imagine why she'd put chicken & cake in the *same* pocket. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Kimiko Small <sstormwa...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> "One stout middle-aged French woman was engaged in filling her >> pockets which were stuffed out with cold chicken and sweet cakes as >> she stood before me. I was eating a custard – the opportunity was >> tempting – so I emptied my glass into her open pocket, and a nice >> mixture she must have found when she got home." > That... is one LARGE pocket. I can't imagine putting chicken and cakes and more into the little pockets of my modern clothing. > > Kimiko > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
