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The #Beret AKA The #Tam . A tam o’ shanter to be precise. What separates it from a beret, the more recognised version from the Basque country, is the bobble known as a ‘toorie’. Hailing from #Scotland and its name is derived from the works of one of the country’s most famous residents, #RobertBurns. In 1791, he penned a poem called and about Tam O’Shanter, a wearer of the woollen cap himself. The lengthy poem is a gritty blend of social comment, fairytale and humour that is relatable more than two hundred years later. Well, not the fairytale bit, but it’s still a riveting story. Set in #Ayr, the tale centres on Tam, a farmer who likes to have a few too many down in the town pub. His suffering wife Kate isn’t best pleased with the situation , and the story sees Tam, drunk and disorderly, interrupting a group of witches in a local church. Whether it was the scotch or not is anyone’s guess, but it’s a great story, with some great lines like:
While we sit boozing strong ale/
And getting drunk and very happy/
We don’t think of the long Scots miles/
The marshes, waters, steps and stiles/
That lie between us and our home/
Where sits our sulky, sullen dame (wife)/
Gathering her brows like a gathering storm/
Nursing her wrath, to keep it warm.
Anyway, back to the hat. The tam is crafted by knitting wool, and then tightly stretched across a round disc to give its flat, circular shape, and the piece is then felted. Though the name is quite modern- two centuries old- Bonnet makers have been around Scotland since before 1600, and this style in particular, with the headband and toorie has been popular with all strata of society.

Though a more recent surge in production came in 1914 when WW1 broke out. Up until then, soldiers would wear a Balmorral or Glengarry bonnet, and these both needed specialist manufacture, whereas the tam was a lot simpler to produce. With such a rapid and large increase in need for the cap, the Tam became the replacement hat choice for the infantry, though a certainly more mature sounding abbreviation ‘TOS’ was appropriated.
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