- Hodden
Hodden is a coarse kind of
cloth made of undyedwool , formerly much worn by thepeasantry ofScotland . It was usually made on small hand-looms by the peasants themselves. Grey hodden was made by mixing black and whitefleece s together in the proportion of one to twelve when weaving. The origin of the word is unknown.In his poem "A Man's a Man for a' That", Robert Burns wrote, "What though on hamely fare we dine,Wear hodden grey, an' a that;Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine;A Man's a Man for a' that."
Hodden Grey is the name given to the
tartan worn by members of theLondon Scottish Regiment , and theToronto Scottish Regiment (Canada). It was chosen both to avoid inter-clan rivalry and also because, as Lord Elcho said, "A soldier is a man hunter. As a deer stalker chooses the least visible of colours, so ought a soldier to be clad."References
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