Sept. 24- Got Coiffe for mom.
See the previous post for links to what Coiffes were and what some of them looked like. I would love to know if the Coiffe still exists somewhere in the extended family.
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| The Plougastel Coiffe is far left middle and is likely similar to what Lu bought for his mom More Coiffes |
Cliff Hope from his book: One day Seymour Solomon and I went to a French home in Lesneven to get two coifs (close fitting caps worn by the women and girls) as souvenirs. The people wouldn't accept francs in payment. They wanted sugar, coffee, and things like that. They put the coifs in a five-in-one ration box. When their child started crying, they scplained that "bebe" used the box as a doll house. It made me feel like a heel, especially since I had only two packs of cigarettes to give them. The next day we came back and made things right, returning the "doll house" filled with bouillon, coffee, lemonade powder, cigarettes, sugar, and whatever else we could get our hands on.
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