PINS AND NEEDLES
it is romiirUaWo Iho nunibor of things our medieval ancestors managed to do without v, Inch are now regarded as absolutely indispensable (say* tl.e "Daily Cliro'niele"). W'u have referreed to forks, but what about pins and needles? Piivs were unknown here until tin- Gentian wife of Richard H. brought a tav ovev from tho Fatherland, and they ilul not come into general use till the reign of Klizabeth. Up till then our girls had to manage as best they could with metal or wooden skewers' Needles, too, were not manufactured in this country until a German starred making them for us in Iho days of 'Queen Bc.-s. who was 1 life lirsi woman in Hipsp i-la.ii'- to discard licr inelegant |,,th I.J-" .-i- 1 |mi r ill< Murkiu-s. Her cxli-a'.a-iuil. Maicaly no .loubl found her pins and nccdlU in 1; 1 useful, for whpti she dit-tl ny fpwc "' (ll:l" 3WO i l ti i«ss)» ««■« digeov«e4 in i,w >»tdrobe v
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 142, 16 June 1923, Page 18
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162PINS AND NEEDLES Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 142, 16 June 1923, Page 18
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