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Crios
/ Belt
The traditional
Irish Léine was hitched up to knee length and held in place by
a belt, known in Gaelic as a Crios (pronounced "kriss"). The
traditional Crios was made of hand-woven wool of several colours and
shades. Although no images have survived showing the Léine worn
with the woollen Crios, there are some extant Criosanna (the plural
form) kept in the National Museum of Ireland and the earliest date to
the mid 1600s. These are unlikely to have been the first of them to
be made and they are no doubt of a much earlier vintage. The earliest
surviving Irish belt was made of horse hair and has the same type of
tasselled ends as we find on the colourful woollen Criosanna of many
later centuries.
The Irish
Crios survived well into the twentieth century, worn by the people of
the Aran Islands. These Criosanna are three metres long and are worn
wrapped around the body with one ending left hanging. The other end
is simply tucked in to the layers wrapped around. It therefore has no
knots or ties but simply held in place by itself.
A wide
variety of colours are found in the Irish Crios and we have many examples
of this ancient technique. Some have loose fringed ends and some have
decorative knotwork. While the three metre long Crios is the archetypal
form, we have some shorter lengths which are used as children. Shorter
Criosanna also serve as hand-fasting cords and as such are becoming
very popular, both in religious and secular weddings. All our Criosanna
are hand-made.
Presumably
simple leather belts were also worn with the Léine. We occasionally
have some of this type for sale.
Criosanna
do not have to be worn with traditional clothing. They look fantastic
worn with modern clothes including jeans, casual trousers and skirts.
See examples below.
PLEASE
NOTE:
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We post worldwide. For the latest P&P costs to your
destination Contact Us.
— We
use only 100% wool, as our ancestors did.
—- Short
Criosanna are suitable for hand-fasting and as a lasting memory of your
wedding day.
— Hand-fasting
is traditionally part of the Gaelic wedding (Irish/Scottish) custom.
— The
Gaelic crios can be worn with modern clothing giving it an attractive addition.
— There are approx. 200m of yarn in three metres of crios.
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It takes approx. 9 hours to weave one 3m crios.
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CR001
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
White, bordo, red, blue, green and dark green
Length:
3m
Width:
5cm
SOLD |
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CR002
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
White, grey, bottle green, mint green, green, and light grey
Length:
2.93m
Width:
5cm
SOLD |
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CR003
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Mustard, yellow, green-blue, green, maroon, grey and white
Length:
3.15m
Width:
5cm
Price:
€99.00+P&P
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CR004
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Red, yellow, grey, light blue, blue, maroon and white
Length:
3.25m
Width:
5cm
Price:
€99.00+P&P
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CR005
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Green, carrot red, cherry, yellow and cream
Length:
3.0m
Width:
5cm
SOLD |
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CR006
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Red, blue, grey, bottle green, maroon, yellow and
white
Length:
2.45m
Width:
5cm
Price:
€99.00+P&P
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CR007
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Dark
blue, lavander, lilac, red and white
Length:
2.77m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR008
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Green, white, black, orange, lilac and biege
Length:
3.10m
Width:
5.8cm
SOLD |
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CR009
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Grey, red, brown, green, blue, yellow and biege
Length:
2.83m
Width:
5cm
SOLD |
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CR010
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Blue, yellow, black and white
Length:
3.27m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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CR011
Material:
100% wool
Colour:
Purple, yellow, black and white
Length:
3.05m
Width:
5cm
SOLD
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