Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 161
questuntil the end of the thirteenth century—the peasant was dressed in perfectclothes. The villages were self-providing;they gi-ew by then wool and hempfor the spindles. From this was madeyarn for materials to be made up intocoats and shirts. The homespun frieze that thepeasant wore upon his back… … 78 ENGLISH COSTUME of a plain shape were made from the hides of sheepor wolves, the wool or hair being left on the hood.Cloaks lined with sheepskin served to keep awaythe winter cold. To protect their legs from thorns the men worebandages of twisted straw wrapped round theirtrousers, or leather…
Costume -- Great Britain
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