The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #97028   Message #1908298
Posted By: IanC
13-Dec-06 - 07:55 AM
Thread Name: Origins of raggle-taggle
Subject: RE: raggle-taggle
Raggle-Taggle [adj] English (sometimes Rag-Tag) - still in common usage in parts of England (like for example Cambridgeshire villages, where I originate). Meaning Scruffy, Disorganised, Unwashed. Probably onomatopoeic and certainly associated with tangled hair. I have no idea of the history, except that it was used irregularly both by my mother and grandmother.