Wp/nth/Maad

A maad is a garment at is siccan like tiv a blanket woven iv a pattren o smaa black an white checks. It wes a common kīnd o riggin i the soothren coonties o Scotlan an northren coonties o Inglan til the arly twentit century. The day, the maad is nee langer worn bi common foaks but Northumbrian pipers dee still wear it.

Nyems
The maad wes ken'd bi mony nyems i different pairts o soothren Scotlan an Northumbrie. It wes knaan as a 'maud' or 'mawd' i soothren Scotlan an northren Inglan but 'maad' i pairts o Scotlan an Northummerlan an aa, 'mad' i Lancashire an 'maund' i West Yorkshire. Iv its lang form it wes caad a 'shepherd's maad', i Northummerlan, a 'herd's maad', an i pairts o sooth-west Scotlan, a Moffat maud.