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THE TOILETTE IN NORWAY.
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buttoned on the side, with sleeves ten feet long, very
narrow, and plaited up to the shoulders.”
By this account we may imagine that the Nor-
wegians were eager followers of fashion, and that at
the time of which Snoro Sturlesen writes, they dressed
like other European nations. We find, however, in
another part of the same work, that the long garments
were not quite discarded in Norway till about the year
1100, and then King Magnus Olufsen introduced
short clothes and bare legs.
The lower order of peasants rarely trouble them-
selves about Fashion’s vagaries; and the natives of
this foreign clime still retain the costume that has
descended to them from father to son. Some wear
breeches and stockings all in one, and waistcoats of
the same, and, if they wish to be very smart, they cover
the seams with cloth of a different colour.
The Hardanger peasants always wear black clothes
edged with red; the Vaasserne wear all black; the
Strife, white, edged with black; and those near
Soynefiord prefer black and yellow ; so that almost
every parish has its own colour.
They wear on their heads a broad-brimmed hat,
or else a grey, brown, or black cap. Their shoes are
without heels, and consist of two pieces of leather ;
the upper part sits close to the foot, and the other is
joined to it in folds. In winter they have laced half-
boots, but when on the ice they put on skates, about
ten feet long, covered with seal-skin. The peasants
never wear a neckcloth, but leave their throats and
necks entirely uncovered. Sometimes they fasten a
leathern belt round the body, to hold their knives
and other implements.
34'7
buttoned on the side, with sleeves ten feet long, very
narrow, and plaited up to the shoulders.”
By this account we may imagine that the Nor-
wegians were eager followers of fashion, and that at
the time of which Snoro Sturlesen writes, they dressed
like other European nations. We find, however, in
another part of the same work, that the long garments
were not quite discarded in Norway till about the year
1100, and then King Magnus Olufsen introduced
short clothes and bare legs.
The lower order of peasants rarely trouble them-
selves about Fashion’s vagaries; and the natives of
this foreign clime still retain the costume that has
descended to them from father to son. Some wear
breeches and stockings all in one, and waistcoats of
the same, and, if they wish to be very smart, they cover
the seams with cloth of a different colour.
The Hardanger peasants always wear black clothes
edged with red; the Vaasserne wear all black; the
Strife, white, edged with black; and those near
Soynefiord prefer black and yellow ; so that almost
every parish has its own colour.
They wear on their heads a broad-brimmed hat,
or else a grey, brown, or black cap. Their shoes are
without heels, and consist of two pieces of leather ;
the upper part sits close to the foot, and the other is
joined to it in folds. In winter they have laced half-
boots, but when on the ice they put on skates, about
ten feet long, covered with seal-skin. The peasants
never wear a neckcloth, but leave their throats and
necks entirely uncovered. Sometimes they fasten a
leathern belt round the body, to hold their knives
and other implements.