1 (Chapter 1& 2) What is Grace wearing in Drumshee Castle?
2 (Chapter 2) What did she change into when she was going to see Bridget?
3 (Chapter 6) What were Grace's prettiest clothes?
4 (Chapter 9) Which dress of Judith's do you like best?
5 (Chapter 11) What did Grace wear to visit Queen Elizabeth?
Fact File
Elizabethan Men: The wealthy Irishmen dressed like the English - padded hose, doublet (waistcoat) frilled shirt with very full sleeves, starched ruff around the neck, hair chin length, beard, short and pointed. The native Irish were dressed in a long woollen cloak or mantle and had baggy linen shirts or leine down to their knees. Wealthy Irishwomen wore a farthingale and kirtle (underdress) and ruff. Other Irish women wore a leine and a woollen cloak.
Draw...!
Draw a picture of a an Elizabethan dress for either a man or a woman.
Explore...!
Trace or draw some Elizabethan dresses and fit them on to a cardboard doll
Draw the scene where Grace meets William Thompson and his son Robert.
Imagine......!
Imagine you were invited to choose a new outfit for a feast in the time of Queen Elizabeth 1. What would you choose? Write a description of it.
Imagine that you are asked to write a letter describing an outfit for a man or a woman. Write exactly how you would design it and detail all the colours and the patterns.
