Try googling using the word "Bondager". These south country women workers wore a distinctive uniform. the word 'drogget' or 'drugget' rings a bell - I think it may be something to do with the coarse striped cloth used for skirts. This would be woven stripes, hence the distinction drawn between this and the printed cloth. It would be interesting if these conventions had been borrowed by workers so far to the north. Machair/machar is a gaelic word for 'plain' but in the western isles specifically refers to the flat fertile meadows between the rocky bits and the sea. This land was formed from shell sand with a layer of turf on top and was fertile and easy to cultivate. Judy ---------- >From: "espencer" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SCT-INV] Unusual Words from the Statistical Accounts >Date: 07, Thu Aug, 2003, 5:19 am > > the women wear clothes made by themselves, and, at times, > south country DROGGETS or prints