Civilians first woro spats after accounts reached England o£ the gallant fight iput up by tho Highland regiments at Lucknow. "AVo were all anxious to imitate them in somo manner." writes an authority on tho history of dress. "The kilt was palpably, impossible in our English towns and eitios, and in a scrutiny of tbo Highland dross there was nothing bo suitable for adoption as the spat; so the spat wo took. For a time it was quite the rapro in London. Every man and every youth made his display of spats; and even when the novolty and t,!io romembraneo of its origin died away tho wearinjr of the spat continued."
, A J9™ a" 18 hanging out clothes at Amptnill, Bedfordshire, when a brown owl flew down from a' tree and attacked her head and face. It was found that the owl had a mat of young birds olcee or.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 32, 7 August 1923, Page 3
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