Irish Marches

[cogito]

hope you wear the jumpers

It's been put to a vote... I'm not that keen - though I own an aran.

[KatieMorag]

It's been put to a vote... I'm not that keen - though I own an aran.

I actually really like those jumpers......don't tell Bojangles

[Vico2]

It's been put to a vote... I'm not that keen - though I own an aran.

Cogs can you remember when it was the thing to have an aran sweater and a nice colourful crios to go with it.

[cogito]

Cogs can you remember when it was the thing to have an aran sweater and a nice colourful crios to go with it.

yes - i still have an aran that was knitted over thirty years ago - my mother I think.

I had a crios when I was a teenager - they were briefly cool with Wranglers or Levis. Wouldn't be seen dead wearing one now...

[KatieMorag]

what's a crios?

[cogito]

what's a crios?

From the Collins English Dictionary...

'a multicoloured woven woollen belt traditionally worn by men in the Aran Islands'

crios - Aran-sweaters.jpg

crios.jpg

[KatieMorag]

Very fetching

[KatieMorag]

was it to hold up the old geezers' trousers?

[Vico2]

was it to hold up the old geezers' trousers?

Ah no Katie it was just for colour, an old tradition. It's unlikely that the crios would actually hold up a pair of trousers. Crios is the Irish word for a belt. But in the tradition, it was a particular type of belt as you will have seen from the pictures. However, you can use the term crios for any type of belt nowadays if you are speaking Irish.

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