"Tam-o'-shanter" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "I don't mind giving you two soldi, but why do you ask as though you were entitled to them? And why do you wear that red tam-o'-shanter? And how old are ...
— Castellinaria - and Other Sicilian Diversions • Henry Festing Jones
... spirits of the young cadets sometimes lead them into mischief, thereby bringing trouble upon their heads. I knew a naval captain who hit upon a very original and effective form of punishment for wrong-doers. The cadet cap is a blue "tam-o'-shanter" with the usual woolly bob of the same colour on the top. "The naughty boys shall have a red bob," said the "Kaptejn," "and thus be branded for misdemeanour!" The culprits disliked this badge intensely, I imagine mostly because their comrades derisively admired ...
— Denmark • M. Pearson Thomson |
