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Tuesday 5 April 2011

PORINGLAND WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

PORINGLAND WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
We welcomed to our March meeting Lynn Barrow who came in costume to talk about Victorian Tussie Mussies. They were very popular during Queen Victoria's reign. She explained that these were little nosegays or posies. They were used to ward off body odours and were pinned onto the top of the breastbone of the lady's dress or hem. Gentlemen used to have one on the top of their walking canes. The first one she produced and sent round for us to smell was little sprigs of sage, lavender, rosemary and chives bound together.