Wp/nth/Maad

A maad is a garment liken tiv a blanket woven iv a pattren o smaa black an white checks. It wis a common mack o riggin i thi soothren coonties o Scotlan an northren coonties o Ingland til thi early twentieth eerhundred. Nooadays, thi maad is nee langer worn bi common foaks, aatho Northumbrian pipers dee still wear it thi day.

Nyems
Thi maad wis ken'd bi mony nyems i different pairts o thi Scotlan an Northumbrie. It wis 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 wis caa'd a 'shepherd's maad', i Northummerlan, a 'herd's maad', an i pairts o sooth-west Scotlan, a Moffat maud.