Wild looked the men, yet wilder the women.

The men were very lightly clad, and were all barefooted and bareheaded; they carried stout sticks in their hands.

The women were barefooted too, but had for the most part head-dresses; their garments consisted of blue cloaks and striped gingham gowns.

All the females had common tin articles in their hands which they offered for sale with violent gestures to the people in the streets, as they walked along, occasionally darting into the shops, from which, however, they were almost invariably speedily ejected by the startled proprietors, with looks of disgust and almost horror.

Two ragged, red-haired lads led a gaunt pony, drawing a creaking cart, stored with the same kind of articles of tin, which the women bore.