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IN A COTTAGE COURTYARD ON THE ISLAND OF MOON (MUHU)
| In her mitre-shaped headdress this young Esthonian presents an attractive picture. Embroidery is one of the chief handicrafts of these peasant women, and special attention is given to designs on stockings and gloves. These articles figure conspicuously among the regulation gifts presented on marriage, and exquisitely-worked samples may be seen in the National Museum at Dorpat (Tartu) |
HOW THE RUNO ISLANDERS CELEBRATE A MARRIAGE
| The inhabitants of the small island of Runo, in the gulf of Riga, belonging to Esthonia, still retain a variety of national costume, which, on festive occasions, may be seen to full advantage. This wedding group amply illustrates the "frills and furbelows" in which the young peasant girls delight to array themselves, and the rose-wreaths, which are a special wedding-feast adornment |