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Tudor Children’s Clothes Quiz

Claire Ridgway

Test your knowledge on Tudor children's clothes with this fun quiz. Tip: You will do better if you watch my Claire Chats video on the topic first!

Tudor Children's Clothes Quiz

Q1) What fabric were swaddling bands for wealthier babies made out of?

Silk

Linen

Wool

Flannel

Correct! Wool or flannel were used by other people.
Wrong! Fine linen was used. Wool or flannel were used by other people.

Q2) What was the Tudor name for a nappy or diaper?

Napkin

Swathing band

couche

tailclout

Correct! It was also known as a pissclout.
Wrong! It was known as a tailclout or pissclout.

Q3) What was a penner?

Penholder

Petticoat

Loose, baggy breeches

A shirt

Correct! It was often worn with an inkhorn (ink holder) on a girdle.
Wrong! It was a penholder and was often worn with an inkhorn (ink holder) on a girdle.

Q4) The blanket wrapped around the baby under swaddling bands was called...

The bed

The chrisom

The shawl

The kerchief

Correct!
Wrong! It was the "bed".

Q5) What type of gown was popular in England before the French gown?

English frock gown

Spanish gown

Cassock

Medieval gown

Correct!
Wrong! It was the medieval gown.

Q6) Boys were usually breeched between the ages of .....

3 - 4

5 - 8

8 - 9

10 -12

Correct! Breeched means to be moved on to wearing hose and breeches.
Wrong! It was between the ages of 5 and 8. Breeched means to be moved on to wearing hose and breeches

Q7) What's a muckinder?

A type of belt or girdle

A handkerchief or small towel attached to boys' girdles

A type of bonnet

A knee pad on a boy's breeches

Correct!
Wrong! It was a handkerchief or small towel attached to boys' girdles.

Q8) What type of feather did Prince Edward have decorating his hat in the 1539 portrait of him as a baby?

Ostrich

Peacock

Egret

Pheasant

Correct!
Wrong! It was an ostrich feather.

Q9) Loose, baggy, knee length 'trousers' were known as breeches or .....

Pedal pushers

Partlets

Hose

Slops

Correct!
Wrong! They were called slops.

Q10) What absorbent material is thought to have been added to tailclouts (nappies/diapers)?

Hay

Moss

Cotton wadding

Feathers

Correct! It was sphagnum moss.
Wrong! It was moss, sphagnum moss.

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