Name That List, #38

What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.

Answer:

They're all names of colors of cloth used by dressmakers in Elizabethan England. The info comes from Penny Ladnier's page about cloth colors used throughout the 16th and early 17th century.

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Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 20, 2017
Category: Name That List

Comments

I thought for sure they were wines. I've tasted a few of those. Goose-Turd and Smoked Ox were a little too fruity for my palate.

Posted by greg on 02/20/17 at 09:36 AM

I thought wines, too, or maybe beers. I think I definitely remember having Kiss-Me-Darling -- or was it Dead Spaniard?

Posted by Virtual on 02/20/17 at 10:39 AM

I was hoping it was a list of ice cream flavors rejected by Ben & Jerry's.

Posted by Fritz G on 02/20/17 at 11:37 AM

I thought it was a list of the groups playing at an Indie music festival.

Posted by Phideaux on 02/20/17 at 07:44 PM

I thought it might names of boats at a marina.

Posted by Joshua Zev Levin, Ph.D. on 02/20/17 at 08:44 PM

I was hoping for Names of Pirates myself.

Posted by fivecats on 02/21/17 at 05:16 AM

I guessed names on nose art on allied WWII bombers.

Posted by Huntceet on 02/21/17 at 10:50 AM

My guess was English country dances, or maybe local names for plants.

Posted by Richard Bos on 02/22/17 at 10:01 AM

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