tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post1511354576079536050..comments2024-02-28T04:16:37.844-05:00Comments on History Undressed: *Gasp* "I saw your ankle!" Improprieties in Regency EnglandEliza Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-50348758616560889312009-05-08T19:25:00.000-04:002009-05-08T19:25:00.000-04:00LOVE THIS Eliza! So neat. This is what I've alwa...LOVE THIS Eliza! So neat. This is what I've always love learning about, because I've been always fascinated with the society rules during the different time periods, especially with the dresses, the dance card, etc!<br /><br />Thanks for a great post of info!Caffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830854922444380155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-50776314534727331812009-05-08T09:27:00.000-04:002009-05-08T09:27:00.000-04:00Thank you Barbara!
Thank you Sarah! So true...No...Thank you Barbara!<br /><br />Thank you Sarah! So true...Now they have rules like, if your belly button or thong shows, you will be sent home from school...<br /><br />Molly, thank you for sharing!!! How fascinating! Things always seem to have a way of coming around again, so I wonder if we will see any of these rules again?<br /><br />Thank you CatPA, LOL, that makes sense! Don't let anyone catch a glimpse of your knees for sure!<br /><br />Lucy you are so right! The biggest thing we try to teach today is for kids to say please and thank you, let alone have any other type of etiquette!<br /><br />Victoria, those are hilarious! Whenever I'm writing a story, I try to have my characters mess up or straight up ignore the rules, it makes it a little more exciting :)<br /><br />You're welcome Emma!!! Thanks for stopping by!<br /><br />Thanks Anna! I'm sure it happened. Can you imagine? That would be the cut direct, absolute humiliation!Eliza Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209596240914705136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-84603882032458551352009-05-07T22:21:00.000-04:002009-05-07T22:21:00.000-04:00Eliza, a great post! I have tried to write a Rege...Eliza, a great post! I have tried to write a Regency, and some day may get it done. Another rule was being asked if you wanted an introduction. The higher ranking person was asked, "Your Grace, my I present my sister?" or if all being equal, the lady was asked if she wanted the introduction. I'm not really sure what was done if the person said no...can you imagine?<br /><br />A.K.Anna Kathryn Lanierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607469543348819190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-69702717283583534162009-05-07T18:28:00.000-04:002009-05-07T18:28:00.000-04:00Thanks for the link to proper forms of address! I ...Thanks for the link to proper forms of address! I love all of the rules of etiquette.Emma Laihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00575747694031510440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-25354441677459198542009-05-07T12:31:00.000-04:002009-05-07T12:31:00.000-04:00What amuses me is when your historical sources giv...What amuses me is when your historical sources give you examples of people flouting rules. So fun!Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-50244871272609979862009-05-07T12:23:00.000-04:002009-05-07T12:23:00.000-04:00Love this post! Imagine having to keep up with all...Love this post! Imagine having to keep up with all those etiquette rules? Mind you, today there's practically nothing left to adhere to...It's gone almost completely the other way.Lucy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13600064401395449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-84911987377213048702009-05-07T11:21:00.000-04:002009-05-07T11:21:00.000-04:00I love this entry!
As for showing and enhancing d...I love this entry!<br /><br />As for showing and enhancing décolletage -- until more recent times that was simply for the care and feeding of babies. The ankle was indicating there were legs attached and who knows where THAT could lead!CatPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03080218120942371320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-17388663139123750902009-05-07T10:55:00.000-04:002009-05-07T10:55:00.000-04:00Great post as always! But now I get to date mysel...Great post as always! But now I get to date myself. When I was in school, we were expected to wear white gloves any time we were in public. We had dances, twice a year, with a military academy. The boys wore white gloves, as did we. God help you if you took them off! The poor boys were buttoned up in wool to their necks. We girls had to line up before meeting them---to be sure we were properly 'covered'---and the ultimate mortification would have been to have crepe sewn on your hem or bodice. Needless to say, 'rebellion' set in. One of the things I refused to do was purchase or carry visiting cards. I was told I was uncouth, had no right to be called a 'lady,' and Sister would personally pray for rain on my graduation. (She did and it did.)<br /><br />I am glad most of this silliness is gone. I do agree, though, that it should be a woman's right to decide whether or not she will acknowledge a man. For example, on meeting, she should be the one to offer her hand, or not, as she sees fit. <br /><br />And, as you say, there are the rules and what we did to them. White gloves or no, you can always find a corner to kiss in! (Allow me to mention that, at a dance, hardly anyone thinks to look in the chapel! Los of dark corners there!)Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452517544328588301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-56215987588094018052009-05-07T10:19:00.000-04:002009-05-07T10:19:00.000-04:00WOW! Eliza, how cool are you? That was an awesome ...WOW! Eliza, how cool are you? That was an awesome post!<br /><br />I found a few of those worth a good chuckle. An ankle? Now days, I'd be happy with that. We leave nothing to the imagination.<br /><br />I think it would be fun to impose a couple of those rules on todays youth. LOLSarah Simashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702070733137961412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861175623849452396.post-8659756819829558902009-05-07T09:37:00.000-04:002009-05-07T09:37:00.000-04:00WHat a great post! I really enjoyed reading this. ...WHat a great post! I really enjoyed reading this. Thanks, Eliza.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com