It is true there is a French contingent (Acadians) who live on Prince Edward Island, and the French word for quilt might have found its way into the local English usage, as bedcovering. I am not sure of that, though - although it doesn't really matter at this point. The largest ethnic group is people of Scottish descent. I was interested to find out that the province's patriotic song was written by LMM herself. Other interesting facts about PEI (but not about cotton warp quilts!) can be found here:
http://www.empyrean.ca/home/peiinfo.html It is a jewel of an island, only about 6000 sq. km. in area bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island - approx. 31,000 sq. km ( a good deal of it uninhabitable), west coast of Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
