Note 329 — Chapter IX · The State. (continued 2)

Leg. Burg., 3, 8, 9, 20, 47, 54, 59, 60, 67, 75, 81, 86, 94, 103. Scotland in the Middle Ages, p. 159–162. The full forfeiture in Burgh amounted to 8 shillings, or one-quarter of the ordinary fine of 8 cows—the half leod-gild—levied in the country districts. Washing the feet, in the olden time, implied an intention of stopping and accepting hospitality; and the Dustyfoot got his name from passing onwards. The follower of the Celtic lord was sometimes known as the Gillie-wetfoot, from wearing no shoes or stockings, a practice to which the Scottish peasantry long clung—an incidental testimony of the prevalence of the native element amongst that class.