short treatise on head wear, ancient and modern, A. (1885)
R. Dunlap & Co. (New York, N.Y.) · The Company · leaf 18
7 representsa French military hat. For the past fifty years the highsilk hat has been the most popular style in France. At one time there was a law in France which compelledall bankrupt Jews to wear a green hat, so that people mightavoid losses by trading with them. The slang expression Do you see… … sedulously cultivated. When they did take to a covering,about the eighth century, it was in the form of a cap mademost likely from the undressed skin of animals. TheBritons, at the time of the invasion of Caesar, wore ontheir heads a conical hat, which derived its name from thecabin or hut in which…
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