Years ago, I was walking along one of the paths at Pinewoods Camp (on Long Pond in MA) with a shy teenaged girl who was wearing white t-shirt and shorts. We met Douglas Kennedy, there with his wife Helen as teachers that summer,- stopped to exchange pleasantries. After a remark or two about the weather, Douglas smilingly said to my young friend, "My, what enchanting panties you have!" The poor girl blushed, burst into tears and ran. Douglas never quite realized what had caused this reaction until I enlightened him much later.

P.S. Douglas Kennedy was the director of the English Folk Dance & Song Society, successor to Cecil Sharp.