The original Border sides were out of work labourers only dancing in the winter when they were laid off work.
They danced to raise money (begging), this was illegal so they blacked their faces with soot, burnt cork or coal dust to disguise their faces.They wore fancy dress, some wore women's clothes, old military uniforms, rag and tatter coats & their work boots, trousers, bells, ribbons and hats etc. Each side had their own distinctive kit.
Black Jack Morris wear hand torn rag coats, each individual decides their own colour scheme.
Heavy black work boots.
Black trousers and black shirt.
Black top hat with pheasant feathers and Blackjack playing cards,, most memebrs also personalise their top hat with badges, beer mats, ribbons etc.
Coloured neckerchief.
Coloured braces.
Bells around the knees.
Wallpaper under the bells.
Black fingerless gloves.
Blackened faces.