Pirate Set #2 - Pirate Clothing Traditional Cache
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Pirate Set #2 - Pirate Clothing
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This is another in a set of Pirate caches designed to bring searchers to the Ward Austin area. This one is between Cabot and Austin. Enjoy finding it. REMEMBER!!! The name of the cache is a clue to where you might find it. This one is about clothing. CONGRATS to Paladinds1961 for FTF!!!
Many pirates were recruited from unemployed seaman - there was plenty of work for a fighting sailor during times of was but during peacetime the seaman became impoverished and turned to a life of piracy. In 1628 the British Admiralty established sailor's clothing (which were called 'slops') to be worn by men who had been press-ganged. This type of clothing consisted of a canvas doublet and breeches, knitted caps called Monmouth caps, cotton waistcoats and drawers, stockings, linen shirts and shoes. So much of this clothing was adopted by the seamen who turned to the life of a pirate. The woollen cap referred to as the Monmouth Cap dates back to the 1500's. In 1571 the Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws were passed which ordered everyone over the age of six to wear a woollen cap on Sundays and holidays in order to help England's wool trade! The Upper Classes were excused from obeying this law! Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws dictated what color of clothing and the materials and fabrics which could be used for each social level. The Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws therefore enforced what clothing individuals were allowed to own and wear, an easy and immediate way to identify rank and privilege. Pirate clothing, especially that of the successful and wealthy pirates took great delight in flouting the Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws! Anything went - fine velvets and silks and such fabrics which had been previously banned to anyone other than those in the Upper Classes. http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/pirate-clothing.htm
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