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A homemade green robe that was referred to as a coat, with sleeves that went all the way down to the hands. It was loose around the waist and was tied together with a thick woolen rope with large tassels at the ends. Their everyday footwear was a pair of clogs with brass edgings and when they went to town they would wear a pair exactly like my everyday slippers.

When going to town, they would also wear a bonnet. It would take entirely too much paper to properly describe it but it should be mentioned that it was kept in a box that was two by two feet and was referred to as the bonnet box. Whether or not she had more than one set of the above mentioned pieces of clothing I simply couldn't say. However, I don't recall ever seeing her with anything other than her green, strawberry colored skirt in the 17-18 years that I knew her.

On several occasions she spoke about her youth and about how the Swedes lay siege to the city of Copenhagen in 1807. She also spoke about being on Låland as well as a number of other places. For further reference you could read up on Danish history and the Swedes on Låland. She spoke of how one day, when she was still a child in Orup, the Swedish army came through town pulling

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a canon behind 20 horses. However, when they reached the outside of town it sank so deep into the mud that they were forced to unhitch the horses and leaving the canon right there, where it remained for many years.