buskins

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Buskins, secured by thongs of red leather and soled with moose-hide, to prevent slipping, covered his feet, while his head-dress consisted of a simple band of thin gold, worn fillet-wise.

From The Doomsman by Sutphen, Van Tassel

Buskins for a fairy prince, Brogues for his son,— Pay me well, pay me well, When the job is done!'

From Sixteen Poems by Allingham, William

Buskins of new cordovan leather on their feet, fastened by slides of red gold.

From The Mabinogion Vol. 2 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir

Others wearing Buskins, vppon the white swelling calfes of their legges, and laced with silke; some butned wyth golde and precious stone.

From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert

Buskins for a fairy prince, Brogues for his son— Pay me well, pay me well, When the job is done!”

From The Irish Fairy Book by Various