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When I was a boy Christian women were thought "loose" if they didnt keep their hair under a scarfe on a trip to the shops.

Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

When I was a boy Christian women were thought "loose" if they didnt keep their hair under a scarfe on a trip to the shops.

Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

Lewis guns, scarfe mountings, sights, rings which turned, vanes, knobs which rose and fell on swinging parallel bars; to shoot, one aimed with this side of the ring or with that, according to the varied speed and direction of oneself and the enemy.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

Boars-speare in his hande, next to him an other Huntsman in greene, with a bloody faucion drawne; next to him 2 Pages in tafatye sarcenet, each of them with a messe of mustard; next to whome came hee that carried the Boares-head crost with a greene silk scarfe, by which hunge the empty scabbard of the faulcion which was carried before him.

Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

Arounde hir whyte necke shee ever bindeth a scarlett scarfe, to shewe thatt she ys an well-redd woman; and whan shee turneth homewardes, she aye beareth in one hande a pamflet, whyle the other holdeth a bouquet of flowres or a pacquette of sugirplummes or confitures.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

I have sometimes pleased myselfe in imitating that licenciousnesse or wanton humour of our youths, in wearing of their garments; as carelessly to let their cloaks hang downe over one shoulder; to weare their cloakes scarfe or bawdrikewise, and their stockings loose hanging about their legs.

Of the Institution and Education of Children. To the Ladie Diana of Foix, Countesse of Gurson. 1909

Machequoce, a girdle, which they make curiously of one, two, three, four and five inches thickness and more, of this money, which sometimes to the value of tenpounds and more, they weare about their middle, and a scarfe about their shoulders and breasts.

The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America Henry Cruse Murphy 1846

This day my aunt Wight sent my wife a new scarfe, with

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

Last night it seems my aunt Wight did send my wife a new scarfe, laced, as a token for her many givings to her.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

This day my aunt Wight sent my wife a new scarfe, with a compliment for the many favours she had received of her, which is the several things we have sent her.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 30: August/September 1664 Samuel Pepys 1668