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Thread #65188   Message #1071682
Posted By: Willa
13-Dec-03 - 03:40 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Dress colours??
Subject: RE: Folklore: Dress colours??
Hi, Roz

A verse of Siúl a rúin (or Shule Aroon) begins 'I'll dye my petticoats, dye them red' and I've seen a reference somewhere on the various links to that song that it suggests prostitution. (A 'scarlet woman', perhaps?)Don't know about the yellow lining.