My theory is that it was fucking cold in period, and no one wore the lightest weights that we do now. We need them 'cause we live in sub- and semi-tropical areas (like Pennsic, woof!). England and France and Germany, etc., were all much chilly in the day than they are now, and than we are accustomed to over here. (I froze my tuchus solid the year I spent in Scotland, back in college.)
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Date: 2005-10-06 09:12 pm (UTC)