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Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
11-28-2014, 06:33 PM (This post was last modified: 11-28-2014 06:34 PM by BettyO.)
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RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
Quote:How did they sit down?[in a hoop skirt....]

Hoops collapsed, one ring upon another. They are fairly easy to sit down in; but you don't want to try and sit in a chair with arms; the hoops will fly up in front usually! One could take out an entire small room, so housewives typically worked in a dress with multiple petticoats; not hoops. Likewise, lady nurses during the war wore multiple petticoats and no hoops - they were usually not allowed.

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RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - BettyO - 11-28-2014 06:33 PM

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