And, of course, there is the image of the tailor as it often appears in folk songs. Probably based on the idea that being a tailor is not a fit occupation for a he-man, the tailor is often portrayed as a kind of buffoon, sometimes as a trickster. Legend has it that during Lady Godiva's ride, the townspeople averted their eyes out of respect for the lady (riding naked through the streets of Coventry was her social protest against the heavy taxes her husband levied on the people) except for Thomas, the tailor—said to be the origins of the expression "peeping Tom." Tailors get a kind of a bum rap.

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Don Firth