Both M& P and Jones translate what she had about her waist not as a belt,
but as "touchwood." I thought maybe it had something to do with the
superstitious "knock on wood" or "touch wood" thing people still do today,
but I finally got a chance to look it up and it seems to mean tinder or a
particular type of fungus that is good to use to start fires. So unless
this material is usually pounded before use or was in a different pouch on
her belt, it seems unlikely that anything so fragile would be dangling from
her belt.
Grace
Fred and Grace Hatton
Hawley Pa