tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post110590759063247421..comments2024-03-28T08:41:17.341-04:00Comments on <center> Ralph the Sacred River </center>: The Puritan's "Sad" ColorsEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188482189638751204noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-36992394691999391382012-03-27T10:07:49.781-04:002012-03-27T10:07:49.781-04:00Hilarious--I love the name of your blog. Hope life...Hilarious--I love the name of your blog. Hope life is good in your "stately pleasure dome," and that nobody from Porlock stops by.<br /><br />I have three books that depend on some degree on "Albion's Seed," so I can say that I am a great lover of that book!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-1153406341599990342006-07-20T10:39:00.000-04:002006-07-20T10:39:00.000-04:00Greetings, and what an interesting website! Rather...Greetings, and what an interesting website! Rather puzzled by the Quakers converging upon Delaware - it would be a bit crowded, also the state didn't exist until later, I think. Early Quakers went to NJ, Long Island, RI & Penn'a, besides a few elsewhere. Regarding dress, black was generally discouraged, being the colour of the persecuting priests & lawyers, besides being expensive. Preferred were the folky, country colours: brown, buff, fawn, sage green. All that changed by 19C, alas.<BR/>Christian greetings, Ben Gosling, conservative Friend,<BR/>Suffolk, Old England.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com