The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #43299   Message #633102
Posted By: Dave Bryant
22-Jan-02 - 12:31 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Benjamin Bowmaneer
Subject: RE: Benjamin Bowmaneer
Tailors were always rather suspect (and probably envied) for the access that they enjoyed to women's chambers. Added to that the fact that their job required them to do a lot of sewing, which was very much a ladies job - you can understand why they were rather reviled.