The Legend Of Spring Heeled Jack

[Ninurta]

Aaaah, I think that parts of the Spring Heeled Jack story may have been Americanised or the use
of white apparel was a recognised uniform in the past.

Traditional White Clothing for Bricklayers, Stone Masons, and Plasterers

Universal Overall Co., Chicago
Traditional clothing for bricklayers, stone masons, and plasterers was more formal than it is today.
Plasterers and some stone cutters and masons customarily wore white or cream-colored shirts,
pants, and coats. In the USA today, some painters wear white work clothing, but the other trades
do not.

White painter’s pants, shirts, and overalls are still sold and even made in the US...

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My paternal grand dad was a carpenter and a stone mason. I never knew him to wear white clothes to work. granny would have thrashed him within an inch of his life if he had work white clothes to such dirty, gritty jobs when she was the one who had to do the laundry.

He usually wore bib overalls and blue pin-stripes to work.

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