Figure 1.-- We note at some schools the boys seem to use their kneesocks to hold items. The item we most commonly notice is a comb. We do not know if schools had rules about it, but it is common enough that some schools clearly permitted it.
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Figure 1.-- We note at some schools the boys seem to use their kneesocks to hold items. The item we most commonly notice is a comb. We do not know if schools had rules about it, but it is common enough that some schools clearly permitted it. |
We note at some schools the boys seem to use their kneesocks to hold items. The item we most commonly notice is a comb. We do not know if schools had rules about it, but it is common enough that some schools clearly permitted it. It seems likely that some schools prohibited it, but clearly some did not. We even see boys so using their kneesocks when in their dress uniforms for church. Perhaps the boys wanted to be sure they had a comb handy to be properly sorted out for church. We are not sure why the boys did this. It seems that there were plenty of pockets for combs. Perhaps combs fell out of pockets. Presumably this was only done with turn-over-top socks when used with string garters. This of course would hold the comb secure. I'm not sure what other items were held like this. Hopefully our British readers can tell us more about this.
