Comments by "One MercilessMing" (@onemercilessming1342) on "What Irish Working Women Wore in the Late 19th Century | I Made the Clothing of My Irish Ancestors" video.

  1. Bear with me here. There is a sequel written to Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind entitled, simply, Scarlett. It, too, is a long read, but there is part of the book where Scarlett goes to Ireland, from where her father's family originated and meets her people. At one point, she shops at a market day and buys clothes. If I remember correctly, there is a bit of an explanation as to why the bright, vibrant colors even in undergarments. It might be a place to start, even if it is in a work of fiction. Oh, and in 1963, for a junior high school Halloween costume party, my mother made me an Irish colleen's ensemble. I had a green dirndl skirt, an unbleached muslin blouse, a natural linen apron without a bib, and I borrowed one of my grandmother's cotton crocheted shawls. She copied it from one of her history of fashion books from her own high school days.
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  2. @thebookwyrmslair6757  Margaret Mitchell, born in 1900, spoke of being raised in a southern tradition and her oldest relatives would have had first hand experiences of the Civil War.
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