Men wore pattens in early days. And men did and do wear clogs in English mill-towns.
There were also horse pattens or horse clogs which horses wore through deep, muddy roads; I have an interesting photograph of a pair found in Northampton.
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BATTS AND BROAGS, BOOTS AND SHOES
“By my Faith! Master Inkpen, thou hast put thy foot in it! Tis a pretty subject and a strange one, and a vast one, but we’ll leave it never a sole to stand on. The proverb hath ‘There’s naught like leather,’ but my Lady answers ‘Save silk:’”
—Old Play.
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BATTS AND BROAGS, BOOTS AND SHOES
