Period accuracy of pouches

[Butch]

I wear a blue thrum cap.  From my research, I have found that they were quite common for mariners during that time period.  Anyway, this past season, someone was complaining to me about my headgear; not that it was a thrum cap, but that it was BLUE!  I told them that blue and brown were some of the most easily obtainable colors during the period, and therefore, marked me as being "common". 
*She and her escort were sitting dressed in mundane clothing as the conversation was going on.

[BLAKDUKE]

"What I dislike about certain faires and SCA events is that some people get an idea in their head and they want everyone else to live by it. Nevermind that it's historically incorrect... "

This is a possibility.  However there are others.  1. They know what they know and don't confuse them with facts.  2.  They are so conceited that they cannot conceive that someone knows more than they do, whether they are right or wrong does not work it's way into their brain pans.  Lastly and I am somewhat ashamed to admit it, they could be suffering from Hollywood mis-information.  They may have watched to many movies as a child and figured that 'surely hollywood would not put something in a movie that was not accurate.  Such was my mind frame as a youth and it was not until I was fully immersed into the renne culture that I found out how wrong I was on so many things and then strove to rectify my ignorance.

[CecilyWilkins]

List of Elizabethan colors and pink is one of them...

Haha, Puke is listed as a color, as is Goose Turd.
Unfortunately, so is Dead Spaniard... 

What a fun and informative list. Thanks for posting.

[DonaCatalina]

List of Elizabethan colors and pink is one of them...

Haha, Puke is listed as a color, as is Goose Turd.
Unfortunately, so is Dead Spaniard... 

What a fun and informative list. Thanks for posting.

I think Dead Spaniard is a kind of greenish gray. Someone will probably correct me.

[operafantomet]

I read a highly interesting book the other day, on the use of purses, pouches, bags, alms purses etc etc, from antiquity and until modern times. It categorized the various versions, so you could read specifically about for example alms purses, or versions used by farmers and citizens.

It had many interesting picture examples, and got to show how they in the past separated as much between different versions as we separate between a Fendi "baguette" and a beach bag today. So the question "Period accuracy of pouches" has many answers, but yes - they definitely existed, and was much used.

Now, I took a photo of the cover of the book, to have for my own reference in the future. And I managed to delete that picture. So I have to go back and find the title for it. But in the mean time, here are more books on the subject:

Mediaeval dress accessories found in the various excavations in London, including purses:
http://www.amazon.com/Dress-Accessories-Medieval-Excavations-London/dp/1843833514/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319646961&sr=1-1

Mediaeval and Renaissance pouches, purses, bags etc. from archaeological digs in the Netherlands:
http://www.amazon.com/Purses-Pieces-Archaeological-16th-Century-Netherlands/dp/9089320148/ref=pd_sim_b_6

Come to think of it, I think the book I read was "Carried away". I remember getting "Sex and the City" vibes from the title... It was a very interesting book, especially when dealing with bags related to specific topics like money or religion.
http://www.amazon.com/Carried-Away-All-About-Bags/dp/0865651582/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319647302&sr=1-1