Did you know that back in the days in Hindeloopen you could recognize a married woman by the knot of their kerchief on their left side, close to her heart? If her husband was at sea and you tried to mess around with her, they would place you in the pillory.
local women in 1963

Did you know that back in the days in Hindeloopen (Friesland) you could recognize a married woman by the knot of their kerchief on their left side, close to her heart?

If her husband was at sea and you tried to mess around with her, they would place you in the pillory.