 | Edward Burt - Highlands (Scotland) - 1822 - 394 pages
...I might have expected better from an ordinary woman in Eng-. land. As for one single example,—for heirs (of Latin Derivation), airs repeated several...though new made, to let out the water, when they have for to go and rivers to pass: this they do to preserve their feet from galling. Few besides gentlemen... | |
 | Donald Gregory - Highlands (Scotland) - 1847 - 456 pages
...London, 1759), to which such frequent reference has been made in the works of Sir Walter Scott : — The Highland dress consists of a bonnet made of thrum...have far to go and rivers to pass; this they do to prevent their feet from galling. long and two breadths wide, and the whole garb is made of chequered... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1860 - 528 pages
...as deseribed by a traveller in Scotland at a period between the Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 :* — " The Highland dress consists of a bonnet made of thrum...water when they have far to go and rivers to pass ; and this they do to preserve their feet from galling. " Few besides gentlemen wear the trowzc [truis],... | |
 | Edward Burt - 1876 - 378 pages
...have no Rule of Orthography, and they profess they think good Spelling of no great use; but if Tol.lt. they read English Authors, I wonder their Memory does...this they do to preserve their Feet from galling. Few besides Gentlemen wear the Trowze, — that is, the Breeches and Stockings all of one piece, and... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1880 - 1246 pages
...dress consists of a bonnet midc of thrum without a brim, a short coat, a wji<tco.it longer by five on six inches, short stockings and brogues or pumps without...brogues^ though new made, to let out the water when tiny have far to go and rivers to pass ; and this they do to preserve their feet from galling. " Few... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1880 - 1254 pages
...described by a traveller in Scotland at a period between the Rebellions of 1715 and «745 : *— ** The Highland dress consists of a bonnet made of thrum...without a brim, a short coat, a waistcoat longer by five on six inches, short stockings, ami brogu€s or pumps without heels. By the way, they cut holes in... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1881 - 662 pages
...dress consists of a bonnet made of thrum without a brim, a short coat, a waistcoat longer by five on six inches, short stockings, and brogues or pumps...water when they have far to go and rivers to pass ; and this they do to preserve their feet from galling. " Few besides gentlemen wear the trowse [truis],... | |
 | Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Macbain - Clans - 1882 - 598 pages
...London, 1759), to which such frequent reference has been made in the works of Sir Walter Scott : — The Highland dress consists of a bonnet made of thrum...five or six inches, short stockings and brogues, or pump?, without heels. By the way, they cut holes in their brogues though new made, to let out the water... | |
 | James Cameron Lees - Inverness-shire (Scotland) - 1897 - 406 pages
...Mr Burt. It is what he saw daily on the streets of Inverness and wherever he travelled about. " The dress consists of a bonnet made of thrum without a...short stockings, and brogues, or pumps without heels. Few besides gentlemen wear the trowsc—that is, the breeches and stockings all of one piece and drawn... | |
 | John Patterson MacLean - Scots - 1900 - 470 pages
...thongs around the feet, Burt, writing about the year 1727, when some innovations had been made, says: "The Highland dress consists of a bonnet made of thrum...short stockings, and brogues or pumps without heels * * * Few besides gentlemen wear the truis, that is, the breeches and stockings all of one piece and... | |
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The Highland Dress consists of a Bonnet made of Thrum without a Brim, a short Coat, a Waistcoat, longer by five or six Inches, short Stockings, and Brogues, or Pumps without Heels. By the way, they cut Holes in their Brogues, though new made, to let out... 
