... naturally enough, this poetic trope (like everything else in the
sidereal universe) originated in Scotland.
See Robert Burns:
TO A LOUSE: ON SEEING ONE ON A LADY'S BONNET AT CHURCH
Ha! whare ye gaun, ye crowlin ferlie?
Your impudence protects you sairly,
I canna say but ye strunt rarely
Owre gauze and lace,
Tho' faith! I fear ye dine but sparely
On sic a place.
[etc.]
Robin
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