Discription of the cloth from the Dutch folk-dancegroup de "Needse Havezathe Dansers".



The Ladies:

A cap of white linnen, with lace at the sides, and all over the head.
The cap can be knotted, with a stripe of wite linnen and also lace at the sides.

Under the white cap, the ladies were a black cap of cotton, so that the white cap is getting not so dirty of the hear of the ladies.

The winterblouse: Is made of cotton in 3 colours, blue, red and green.

The summerblouse: Is shorter as the winterblouse and is made of rough silk also in the colours red, blue and green. The front side is of black lace.

The skirt is made of black jaquard(wool) and is made of 6 lines. The back line is pleated.

The underskirt, is made of cotton and has stripes. Red for the women who were red blouses, blue stripes for the women who were blue blouses, and black stripes for the women who were a green blouse.

Under the skirt the women were a white linnen bag, for the handkerchive .

The ladies were long cotton undertrousers, they have to come to the knies.

The soks are of black wool and the have to reach the undertrousers.

The wooden shoes(klompen) have to be cleaned by sand-paper.

The ladies were a basked of reed, which they used when the women traveled by train.




The men:

The cap:
The men were a black cap with high sides of wool. They have all a button at the cap.

The total dress is made of black 100% woolen laken and it is made exactly what the men were in 1900.

The vest: is at the backside of a sort of satin.At the vest is always a watch at a chain.

The shirts are made of cotton and have stripes, light stripes for the summer and dark stripes for the winter.

Because the men don't want to change the shirts every day, they were bands at the front. at the bands ar 3 ore 4 little buttons for the show.

The trousers have a flap at the frontside, and is closed with 4 buttons.

The men were always a red handkerchive(in the trousers)

The soks are of black wool.

The wooden shoes are also cleaned by sand-paper.

 

Neede 23-03-2006