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Thread #30480 Message #391403
Posted By: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
06-Feb-01 - 11:28 AM
Thread Name: BS: Anyone know where berets come from?
Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know where berets come from?

Is the tam o'shanter the consequence of the auld alliance? Did it come from France as a variant of the beret or to France from Scotland?
Armies the world over seem to have adopted the beret worn square on with one side pulled down, rather than in the French mode, since ( guess) some time after WWI?
RtS