[Okay, this is going to be a whole series of posts fleshing out the links on the Greet’s Guy’s Garb page. Bear with me.]
Theadora Perplexa (love her name!) and Eoin gave me two wooden buckets that I LOVE, and it immediately occurred to me that I’d like to look like this:
(well, alright, with a happier expression on my face.)
I do a huge amount of schlepping stuff at events, and am learning that I need some aids if I’m going to minimize the chiropractor bills afterwards. This poor Norman woman looks like she’d like to learn the word ‘adjustment’.
Is the carved wooden bar thingy called a yoke, as in oxen? Whatever, I want one, with cool hooks, please, and am willing to sew for it.
Uh, you mean a yoke? They were called yokes for humans as well as animals. Definition: http://aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/yoke And there is actually on on ebay for sale: http://cgi.ebay.com/Hand-Hewn-Human-Water-Bucket-Yoke_W0QQitemZ310033108235QQihZ021QQcategoryZ1217QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Uh, you mean a yoke? They were called yokes for humans as well as animals. Definition: http://aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/yoke And there is actually on on ebay for sale: http://cgi.ebay.com/Hand-Hewn-Human-Water-Bucket-Yoke_W0QQitemZ310033108235QQihZ021QQcategoryZ1217QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem