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Thread #123229 Message #3878112
Posted By: Thompson
22-Sep-17 - 06:37 AM
Thread Name: Meaning: I'll dye my petticoat
Subject: RE: Meaning: I'll dye my petticoat
Prostitution, I think.
Be cautious about assigning relatively modern images to very old songs.
I've never personally heard red petticoats associated with either Irish country women or Traveller women. They were the traditional dress of Connemara women and women of the Aran Islands in the 19th century. Earlier? I don't know, and am inclined to think not.