Comments on: A Bedtime Story: Where Did Pockets Come From? http://countrylife.lehmans.com/2008/05/15/bedtime-story-pockets/ Your online simplicity village Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:07:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Wade http://countrylife.lehmans.com/2008/05/15/bedtime-story-pockets/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Wade Sat, 17 May 2008 03:09:50 +0000 http://countrylife.lehmans.com/2008/05/15/a-bedtime-story-where-did-pockets-come-from/#comment-475 cpthegreat wrote: > Love your horse … sounds like a fun pet! He really is a lot of fun to have around. Happily, while we do maintain a fair assortment of critters, we don't have so many of any given species that the individual gets lost in the crowd- if that makes sense. I've never owned an appaloosa before and I'm amazed with how handsome Boomer is getting this spring! He's been a uniform brown with black spots. As his winter coat is coming out this year, he's turning white with brown and black spots. It suits him! > That is why Lucy Locket lot her pocket I'd forgotten that rhyme! I looked it up on wikipedia and there's an interesting story, which is usually the case with the old nursery rhymes, that goes with that. ;-) cpthegreat wrote:

> Love your horse … sounds like a fun pet!

He really is a lot of fun to have around. Happily, while we do maintain a fair assortment of critters, we don’t have so many of any given species that the individual gets lost in the crowd- if that makes sense.

I’ve never owned an appaloosa before and I’m amazed with how handsome Boomer is getting this spring! He’s been a uniform brown with black spots. As his winter coat is coming out this year, he’s turning white with brown and black spots. It suits him!

> That is why Lucy Locket lot her pocket

I’d forgotten that rhyme! I looked it up on wikipedia and there’s an interesting story, which is usually the case with the old nursery rhymes, that goes with that. ;-)

]]> By: cpthegreat http://countrylife.lehmans.com/2008/05/15/bedtime-story-pockets/comment-page-1/#comment-472 cpthegreat Fri, 16 May 2008 16:30:52 +0000 http://countrylife.lehmans.com/2008/05/15/a-bedtime-story-where-did-pockets-come-from/#comment-472 Pockets were originally a bag-ish type of article that was tied around the waist of any self-respecting woman and was between the skirt and the petticoats. It could be reached by the slit in the skirt near the waist band. This kept (hopefully) any thieves from getting treasures that were carried. That is why Lucy Locket lot her pocket. It came untied!! I don't know when they started putting them in the clothing but I think it was in the 1800s - when women started putting them on aprons. Love your horse ... sounds like a fun pet! Pockets were originally a bag-ish type of article that was tied around the waist of any self-respecting woman and was between the skirt and the petticoats. It could be reached by the slit in the skirt near the waist band. This kept (hopefully) any thieves from getting treasures that were carried. That is why Lucy Locket lot her pocket. It came untied!! I don’t know when they started putting them in the clothing but I think it was in the 1800s – when women started putting them on aprons.

Love your horse … sounds like a fun pet!

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