Jenny De Angelis wrote:
The other reason is that when a young couple got engaged to be married
the boy, being a poorly paid agricultural worker and the girl a poorly
paid lacemaker, no one could afford an engagement ring so he would
give his sweetheart a button from his waistcoat instead and sh
According to Christine Springett's book Success to the Lace Pillow which is
about old bobbins there are two reasons why you might find a Button included
in the spangle of an antique bobbin.
One reason is because when a spinster, or Old Maid, lace maker who everyone
thought would never marry s
can anybody tell why it is considered good luck to have a button on a
lacemaking pillow or have I got this wrong?
Micki
from rain-sodden Scotland
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