Identifier: landofdons00willuoft (find matches)
Title: The land of the Dons
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Williams, Leonard, b. 1871
Subjects: Civilization, Spanish Spain -- Social life and customs
Publisher: London, Cassell
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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erly, is a pieceof heavy, dark-coloured cloth, of local manufac-ture, and is wound exactly one and a half timesround the body of the wearer, so that one endremains concealed in front and the other end over-laps at the back. A string secures it round thewaist. The peasantry go shod in winter withmadrenas or wooden clogs; and in summer withabarcas, a kind of half-boot, half-sandal, of raw hide,laced part way up the leg with slender straps. Theywear no stockings or socks, but escarpines—a clothgaiter reaching to the calf. On working-days thewomen throw a woollen handkerchief round theirnecks, crossing it and tying the ends at the back ofthe waist; but to attend Mass they use the mantilla(according to the modern standard inaccurately sonamed), a black cloth cape, covering the head andreaching to the ankles. The Basque costume has nothing left of interestsave the historic boina of the men—a flat cap,preferably navy blue, with just a scrap of thewool protruding from the crown. The white
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(To Jure p. 51.) iFroin a pliutojrapJi hy Laurent, iRulrkl.) A VALENCIAN WEARING THE ZARAGUELLES. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 53 boina is the emblem of the Carlists; but theboinas of their chapel gorri or red cap regimentswere scarlet. The Aragonese wears—or rather used to wear, forhe is rapidly tending to dress like other mortals—white sandals and stockings, narrow breeches, slightlyopening at the knee, to show a white lining, anda broad faja or scarf, generally purple ; binding ahandkerchief round his head, not so as to cover thecrown, like the Valencian, but leaving it bare, sothat the handkerchief forms a ring some threeinches in breadth. The women wear a short skirt,and a handkerchief crossed over the bosom, or elsea shawl. Their method of dressing the hair andsecuring it with a ribbon is simple and -pretty. Time was when the Andalusian indulged intight breeches of a brilliant colour, bound about hismiddle by equally as brilliant a sash, together withleather polainas or gaiters, ope

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