DANISH FISHWIVES
"\yhat > jolly looking .women-'they are!'* was tlie remark of a tourist to Penriiarkl asishe- took- a snapshot, of a Panishj fisherwpman,-siates .as correspondent, writing from* Copenhagen to the ''ChrisUan Sciencie; Monitor." The head-dress is a last relic of national costume, for it- is>: only > among the , fish and Sower women that it has survived so long. Both.the fish and flower women wear the"lame; head-dress, therefore it is- difficult' to distinguish which are. of Dutch descent and which are Danish! " ■ The Dutch dress came to Denmark in the reign of Christian II (1489-1541), who, for the sake of the pretty Dutch girl Dyveke, had a rvery high regard for;.,the Dtftch and J presented the island of'Amager to certain''families.; • / The worrien of Skovshoved, and other villages along the coast, wear the same head-dress. A married woman wears a red,'and., green band at the fop^t of her-skirt,; while an unmarried woman wears a hand of-green. , , The skirtof'the, Ajriager- woman,-is usually black, v bands of colour being used on th.e.bodicel The white kerchief is, realiy only--»/'part of the head
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covering, and i'shpuid he -used, /with a black velvet or'cloth cap over it. Today, -instead of t|ie high roll *of hair held in; place with a high comb,*-often .ornamented- with gold or.silver, to give the desired sqiiare effect to the kerchief at the back, a pad"& pinned to thebhair-fromlea'r.to ear tp prevent the kerchief-froni pressing clown on the ears.' ■••'•-.
; How;; these -fisherwomeri work! Up at cockcrow or sunrise the whole year round,; they meet! the. boats ..coming in with the night catch. They often walk for miles carrying on-their backs about one hundred pounds of fish in a special large square basket. They sell their. wai*es from house tb house, or sit in. tbje fish-market from early. morning till the Raadhus clock chimes twelve, wth'en they/must pack' up and sell ahy fish left over. Through hard work and ! thrift these fisrierworrleri/are often! quite wealthy and possess .beautiful homes which they • are proud' to: show to the stranger. Their; business is usually handed down from generation to generation, and, <their husbands and sons are often-flshermeri" with motor cutters or "boats /which y collect ;the '" fish and .bring them- to market. - '' '
DANISH FISHWIVES
Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 44, 20 August 1938, Page 19
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