Palmistry

May. 1st, 2013 05:46 pm
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I mentioned my grandfather's sailor's palm a while ago, but at that time I wasn't sure whether my mother still had it. Turns out she has - and the bodkin too! I'm very glad they've not been lost.

Sailor's palm and bodkin

Trying it on, I discover that my grandfather had smaller hands than I do. I never thought of him as dainty.

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Date: 2013-05-01 05:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com
The leather may have shrunk somewhat over time, of course.

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Date: 2013-05-01 06:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com
Good point.

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Date: 2013-05-01 05:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eglantine-br.livejournal.com
What a lovely thing.

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Date: 2013-05-01 06:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com
It is rather beautiful, in the way purely functional objects often are.

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Date: 2013-05-01 10:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eglantine-br.livejournal.com
And the bodkin too. When I left my mom's house last summer i left behind a palm and a bodkin. I took her fid and her fleam.

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Date: 2013-05-01 11:43 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sovay
Turns out she has - and the bodkin too!

That's very cool.

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