They still do in a lot of places..... Cuba for example!! Sue in EY On 30 Sep 2009, at 14:15, Clay Blackwell wrote:
> Hi Shirley - > > Yes, I think it was fairly common in those days for ladies to smoke > cigars... > ugh! > > Clay > > Tregellas Family wrote: >> Wow!!!!!! It seems I opened the floodgates with my mystery >> item!!!! >> Having only posted not quite 24 hours ago I now have over 50 >> responses, far, far too many to reply to individually. So this is >> my heartfelt thanks to you all for your suggestions. I have >> finally discovered that we have been pondering over a cigar >> cutter. My DH explained it to me - when a person chews off the >> end of a cigar they are really releasing the sealed end of the >> cigar so that one can draw air through the cigar, hence have a good >> smoke. So, our little tool pokes a hole in the end of the cigar. >> Voila!!! it can now be smoked with pleasure. >> >> Someone suggested that the lady of the house hid the cigar cutter >> in her sewing box to stop her DH from smoking but methinks it might >> have been the lady herself smoking the cigar. Didn't the >> Victorian/Edwardian lady sometimes smoke a cigar after dinner? >> >> Thanks again everyone, >> Shirley T. - off to make some lace now. >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the >> line: >> unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to >> arachnemodera...@yahoo.com >> > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachnemodera...@yahoo.com Regards Sue. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
