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| I have a question...; ...what's a "Green Cardigan"? | |
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| Topic Started: Tuesday, 3. February 2009, 14:29 (925 Views) | |
| Derekap | Thursday, 26. March 2009, 21:47 Post #61 |
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"How does this suit you Carlo?" |
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| Poesy | Friday, 27. March 2009, 16:26 Post #62 |
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I like Ye Old Style Biretta.  |
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| CARLO | Friday, 27. March 2009, 18:35 Post #63 |
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Yes Poesy that is the old style 'pre-pom pom' biretta. It lacks something I feel. Pax CARLO |
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| Derekap | Friday, 27. March 2009, 21:38 Post #64 |
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Is he not the husband of the lady with the Green Cardigan? |
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| JRJ | Friday, 27. March 2009, 23:59 Post #65 |
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And is their cat lurking here, too!? 
Edited by JRJ, Saturday, 28. March 2009, 00:00.
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Jennifer hubby's dinosaur blog | |
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| pat | Saturday, 28. March 2009, 01:12 Post #66 |
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So... what is the deal with the pompom? My Nan taught me to make them with leftover wool and bits of cardboard, but they were for babies to play with. |
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| CARLO | Saturday, 28. March 2009, 15:12 Post #67 |
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 Enough of this irreverence! Miserere Have mercy CARLO |
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| draig | Saturday, 28. March 2009, 20:51 Post #68 |
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Reading the previous poems wakend my brain awake on Thursday night, but this is the first chance I have had to post since then, here goes... Ode To A Cardigan Green O Cardigan Green, O Cardigan Green, In the entrance portal thou art seen, With proffered leaflets that one must take – For parish finances are at stake! Also within committees of power, Such livid knitwear is seen to flower! With purple lipstick and stern demeanour, Oh yes, all Catholic folk have seen her! Such fearful battles with her foes, To decide on where the readers list goes – For rotas and such naturally belong Within the orbit of colour so strong That spires or even leaden eaves Cannot contain those woollen sleeves! So thanks to God, from me and you, That Our Lady’s colour is a lovely blue! |
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| Rose of York | Saturday, 28. March 2009, 21:53 Post #69 |
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Draig, that is brilliant! Never before have I seen such a good explanation of what kind of person we mean when referring to the Green Cardigans! |
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| pat | Sunday, 29. March 2009, 00:42 Post #70 |
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No irreverence intended, I really want to know! |
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 29. March 2009, 00:46 Post #71 |
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Monsignors make their own pom poms, it is a clerical therapy for when they fear the devil will find evil work for idle hands to do.  Does anybody else remember making pom poms with the aid of cardboard milk bottle tops? |
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| draig | Sunday, 29. March 2009, 11:46 Post #72 |
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Cardboard milk bottle tops?  V2 must have done away with them, thank God, because I can't remember such things! Mind you there are lots of things I can't remember - which is very handy for confession.  I can remember making pompoms using cardboard rings, but I had to cut them out of cereal boxes - thank you Blue Peter for filling that gap in my life's experience! I believe they did tell you how to make the pompoms for birettas, but they said you had to use only holy cereal boxes - like snap crackle and pope!
Quite right, we should all be giving the pompom due respect - it gains added status from its proximity to the holy personage - a bit like she of the green cardigan. Edited by draig, Sunday, 29. March 2009, 11:56.
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 29. March 2009, 12:02 Post #73 |
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A cardboard milk bottle top had a bit in the middle that you pushed, to make the hole, then you stuck your dirty finger into the hole to remove the top. The top could then be used as a base for making a pom pom. Monsignors, being celibate, had to use pure milk. It would not have been right for their housekeepers to use any other milk bottle top for the production of their pom-poms. We were very correct in those days. 
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| OsullivanB | Sunday, 29. March 2009, 12:09 Post #74 |
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The tops had different colours depending on the kind of milk. Jersey milk had a gold top - gold Jersey. But presumably the housekeepers had green Jersey. |
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| draig | Sunday, 29. March 2009, 12:27 Post #75 |
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Rose, you do realise that your comment has left a huge opening for the SSPX storm troopers. If we were more correct then then, we must be less correct now - ipso facto we have drifted in to error!  No doubt SSPX must have their milk specially filled and blessed during sealing - ie they still use the pre V2 bottle tops as they are properly holy! |
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