http://www.metafilter.com/tags/concealeadgarments Posts tagged with 'concealeadgarments' at MetaFilter. Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:46:57 -0800 Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:46:57 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/31489/is%2Dthat%2Da%2Ddead%2Dcat%2Dyou%2Dare%2Dconcealing%2Din%2Dyour%2Dpocket%2Dor <a href="http://www.concealedgarments.org/">Deliberately concealed garments</a> <a href="http://www.northampton.gov.uk/Museums/Collections/Boot_and_Shoe/Boot_and_Shoe.htm">footwear</a> and <a href="http://www.folkmagic.co.uk/magic/dorset_folk_magic.htm">other items</a> have been found tucked away in buildings, sometimes even wrapped around mummified cats. This project of the <a href="http://www.externalrelations.soton.ac.uk/media/02117.htm">University of Southampton's Textile Conservation Centre</a> is developing an online archive of the finds they have made in an effort to raise awareness of this <a href="http://www.concealedgarments.org/information/why_conceal.html">folk custom</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31489 Sun, 29 Feb 2004 19:46:57 -0800 concealeadgarments folklore textile jessamyn