 When they go abroad, none of them wear hats, but a partycoloured blanket which they call a plaid, over their heads and shoulders. The women, generally, to us seemed none of the handsomest. They are not very cleanly in their houses, and but sluttish in...  Memorials of John Ray: Consisting of His Life - Page 155by William Derham, James Edward Smith, Georges baron Cuvier, Aubert Aubert Du Petit-Thouars - 1846 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John M'Ure - 1830 - 412 pages
...them. When they go abroad none of them wear hats, but a party coloured blanked, which they call a plad, (plaid) over their heads and shoulders. The women...but sluttish in dressing their meat. Their way of waging linnen is to tuck up their coate, and tread them in a tub. They have a custom to make up the... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1834 - 418 pages
...When they go abroad, none of them wear hats, but a party-coloured blanket, which they call a plad, over their heads and shoulders. The women generally...sluttish in dressing their meat. Their way of washing linens is to tuck up their coats, and tread them with their feet in a tub. They have a custom to make... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1834 - 418 pages
...When they go abroad, none of them wear hats, but a party-coloured blanket, which they call a plad, over their heads and shoulders. The women generally...sluttish in dressing their meat. Their way of washing linens is to tuck up their coats, and tread them with their feet in a tub. They have a custom to make... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1834 - 408 pages
...When they go abroad, none of them wear hats, but a party-coloured blanket, which they call a plad, over their heads and shoulders. The women generally...sluttish in dressing their meat. Their way of washing linens is to tuck up their coats, and tread them with their feet in a tub. They have a custom to make... | |
 | William Jardine - 1835 - 412 pages
...them. When they go abroad none of them wear hats, but a party-coloured blanket, which they call a plad, over their heads and shoulders. The women generally...sluttish in dressing their meat. Their way of washing linnen is to tuck up their coats, and tread them with their feet in a tub. They have a custom to make... | |
 | 1846 - 586 pages
...generally (that is the poorer sort), wear, the men blue bonnets on their heads, and some russet ; the women only white linen, which hangs down their backs as...sluttish in dressing their meat. Their way of washing linens is to tuck up their coats and tread them with their feet in a tub. They have a custom to make... | |
 | George Henderson - 1856 - 206 pages
...a town noted for the fight between the English and Scots." On the journey the author remarks that " the women generally to us seemed none of the handsomest....houses, and but sluttish in dressing their meat." " The Scots cannot endure to hear their country or countrymen spoken against. (We suspect that the... | |
 | George Henderson (of Chirnside) - 1856 - 202 pages
...a town noted for the fight between the English and Scots." On the journey the author remarks that " the women generally to us seemed none of the handsomest....houses, and but sluttish in dressing their meat." " The Scots cannot endure to hear their country or countrymen spoken against. (We suspect that the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1858 - 542 pages
...generally (that is, the poorer sort), wear, the men blue bonnets on their heads, and some russet; the women only white linen, which hangs down their backs as...meat. Their way of washing linen is to tuck up their i««i. coats, and tread them with their feet in a tub. They have a custom to make up the fronts of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1858 - 540 pages
...generally (that is, the poorer sort), wear, the men blue bonnets on their heads, and some russet; the women only white linen, which hangs down their backs as...meat. Their way of washing linen is to tuck up their 1«i. coats, and tread them with their feet in a tub. They have a custom to make up the fronts of their... | |
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