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13 Sep 06 - 07:15 PM (#1833895) Subject: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: The Shambles Is the wearing of knotted hankies - supposedly to protect one's head from the sun and especially to be worn on trips to the seaside - a British custom only? Is it a custom that is in danger of dying-out and if so is it one that should be revived? |
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13 Sep 06 - 07:31 PM (#1833905) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: lesblank They are called doo rags, DOOFUSS !! Instead of bitching about the clones and how you have been vilified so often, get out, walk around and get reacquainted with the world !! |
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13 Sep 06 - 07:33 PM (#1833907) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: The Fooles Troupe This custom has largely been replaced by the wearing of 'baseball caps' style head gear. Mind you, I've had a lot of difficulty trying to find the type that shades the eyes - they all seem designed to shade the back of the neck these days... |
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13 Sep 06 - 07:43 PM (#1833913) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: bobad I think this is a knotted hankie as opposed to a Doo Rag |
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13 Sep 06 - 07:52 PM (#1833920) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Spot on Bobad. And they are dying out in the UK. Even "Man size tissues" just ain't strong enough, and disintegrate if you sweat. Don T. |
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13 Sep 06 - 07:58 PM (#1833922) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Emma B what about the braces too? |
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13 Sep 06 - 07:59 PM (#1833925) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: GUEST I went to Southend last weekend with an octogenarian in our party and he got out his knotted hanky to place on bonce while eating his skate wings. But saying that he was the only one I saw. |
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13 Sep 06 - 08:04 PM (#1833927) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: John O'L When I was a kid we all used to wear knotted hankies from time to time. I don't know why, I don't think it was ever to protect us from the sun, I think it was just a cool thing that you could do with the hanky your mum made you carry with you at all times. I think it might have been regarded as being a bit piratey too. |
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13 Sep 06 - 08:32 PM (#1833944) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: artbrooks They are called "bandanas" in the states. I wear one under my bicycling helmet to prevent tan stripes where my hair used to be. Herself wears one quite often and, she says, looks just like her Russian grandmother when she does so. |
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13 Sep 06 - 09:13 PM (#1833970) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Bill D I'll confess I don't ever remember seeing one done British style here in the states. Some form of hat or bandana is the usual, and bandanas (larger & with printed colors)are usually tied around the head just to control the hair or keep sweat out of the eyes. I'd suspect that a knotted hankie would immediately label one as a 'dork' in this country. |
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13 Sep 06 - 09:34 PM (#1833980) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: mack/misophist I knew 1 or 2 old timers in Texas who did it years ago. They were all bald, though. Come to think of it, one had spent considerable time in the West Indies. |
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13 Sep 06 - 09:42 PM (#1833984) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: GUEST Designer Doo Rag |
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13 Sep 06 - 09:56 PM (#1833990) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Stilly River Sage Here in the U.S. it is caps, and they are generally referred to as gimme caps. They're given out by various businesses and organizations. I have quite a few myself. I often take a bandana for gardening, and once it gets warm, I drape it over the top of my head so it lies over my neck, then pull my gardening hat over the top of it so I have shade on my face and down my neck. Probably more than you wanted to know about American impromptu headgear. It isn't a fashion statement, though if you wear the bill of your hat backwards in the wrong neighborhood and your hat is the wrong color, you can get shot. SRS |
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14 Sep 06 - 01:58 AM (#1834089) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: The Fooles Troupe A "bandana" (and most of the other 'cloth piece' items mentioned) is physically larger than a "men's handkerchief", which is also physically larger than a 'ladies handkerchief". |
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14 Sep 06 - 02:12 AM (#1834092) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: The Shambles Doo Rag, bandana types are quite different things and are thought (in a fashion sense) at least by those wearing them to be cool. I am not sure if the knotted hankie is now thought to be so - or that it ever was. I suspect that back in the days of the cloth cap (the heyday of the knotted hankie) - when on trips to the seaside - this would be left behind perhaps as a symbol that normal conventions were not applicable for this time. And perhaps quickly put back on for the return home and that the knotted hankie was a form of headgear and security to those who wearing some form of headgear was the norm. Just as you would not wear a knotted hankie to work - wearing a cloth cap on the beach - would have been thought to be a similar fashion mistake |
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14 Sep 06 - 02:57 AM (#1834103) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Paul Burke The real problem with the knotted handkerchief was getting the bogies (aka jimmies) out of your hair when you took it off. They tended to crust and dry in, and clung on like residue to an integument. The secondary problem was, how do you blow your nose on a trilby? |
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14 Sep 06 - 03:15 AM (#1834106) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: The Fooles Troupe Depends on the key. Good players, however, could blow it in from quite a distance away. |
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14 Sep 06 - 03:58 AM (#1834118) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: skipy open the door and come in Mr Gumby. Skipy |
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14 Sep 06 - 04:49 AM (#1834142) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: The Shambles My brain hurts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumbies Possibly they were brain bandages? |
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14 Sep 06 - 06:02 PM (#1834725) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Liz the Squeak And what about those knotted scarves that went over the back of the head and tied in front over the brow - like a reversed 'doorag' with the dangly bits tucked in underneath? All modelled so excellently by the ladies of the munitions factories in WWII.... My mother would be resplendent in one of those over her curlers all day on Saturday, so that her hair would be perfect for Sunday, when the relatives would almost certainly visit. LTS |
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14 Sep 06 - 07:20 PM (#1834784) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: bobad Like this Liz? |
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15 Sep 06 - 01:33 AM (#1834966) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Liz the Squeak No Bobad, not at all like that.... and frankly I'm surprised you even look at such sites. LTS |
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15 Sep 06 - 01:48 AM (#1834970) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: John O'L All I see is a red circle with Leach written in it. Am I missing something? |
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15 Sep 06 - 04:01 AM (#1835016) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Paul Burke Just like my mum's turban. |
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15 Sep 06 - 06:56 AM (#1835102) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Liz the Squeak That's the jobbie - although that looks more like a complete, made up, removable turban than the large square head scarf that could double as a pinny, a sling, a knee bandage, a dog lead, a dust mask, a mop, a duster, a neckerchief, a windfall bag, a horse blind, a baby's bonnet, a dolls blanket, a gag.... LTS |
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15 Sep 06 - 07:18 AM (#1835117) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: bobad Hmmm........very curious. The site to whose picture I linked to was http://victoryshirt.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=44They must have a program that removes the page linked to and replaces it with that bit of editorial comment. The pic in case they've done it again, was the same as this one except the caption read "Up Yours George" I tested it after posting and it worked OK, must have a time fuse. |
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15 Sep 06 - 08:16 AM (#1835152) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Keith A of Hertford Kids in school no longer carry hankies. They demand to be supplied with tissues. |
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15 Sep 06 - 08:36 AM (#1835167) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: The Shambles Not so easy to knot a tissue Which means that alas our issue Will not share our fun - but instead When caught out in the rain Will just look silly and only complain With a soggy old Kleen-Ex - upon their head |
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15 Sep 06 - 11:57 AM (#1835337) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Bill D That link to bobad's pic worked fine for me....but when I disabled my Proxomitron program that filters my browsing, it also got the 'leach' warning....There are pages which have embedded code to prevent direct linking to images which THEY want you to see only if you 'come in the front door'. Proxomitron has scripts that get around the restrictions in many cases. What the page did was read the location the request came from, (in this case, from Mudcat), and refuse it if it was not from their own site. It will work it you copy the link and paste it in, so that there is no Mudcat link between you and it. |
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15 Sep 06 - 12:06 PM (#1835349) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: bobad Man,. this stuff is getting more and more complicateder. Thanks for the explain Bill. |
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15 Sep 06 - 12:50 PM (#1835383) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Snuffy Bobad's link worked for me last night, but I got the red circle and Leach just now, and then the Up Yours George again when I returned a minute later. Curiouser and curiouser .... |
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15 Sep 06 - 01:00 PM (#1835397) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: bobad It works again for me too. BTW shouldn't it have been LEECH? |
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15 Sep 06 - 08:16 PM (#1835684) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: John O'L Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy I think it says pretty much what Bill said. |
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15 Sep 06 - 09:41 PM (#1835720) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: katlaughing LtS, we used to use scarves or bandanas that way, over curlers or just to keep our hair up and out of the wind, or on bad-hair days! |
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16 Sep 06 - 02:40 AM (#1835810) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Barry Finn When I used to work on the roofs (younger days) I'd take my T-shirt off, soak it in cold water & drape it over my head & then tie the short sleeves together in back. It kept my head, neck, ears & back cool & shaded from the sun, no sweat, I could wipe my face cool & it took a while until I need to take it off & do it again. Most of the guys just wore a cap & some bandanas but their ears burnt by he end of he day. Course my body was dusty or dirty or bronzed brown & I only burned once during each summer after that I was (HaHa) golden. Barry |
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16 Sep 06 - 10:11 AM (#1835977) Subject: RE: BS: Wearing knotted hankies From: Alice knotted hankies = British thing. Never have seen it except in that photo posted upthread. |
