OLD COUNTRY FOLK 267 



piece of newspaper, and the paper is thrown away by the 

 side of the road. 



Some of the patterns of these cotton handkerchiefs are 

 shown in the illustration. Their colouring is almost always 

 red and white, red and buff-yellow with a little black, or 

 blue and white. They are still to be had, and are commonly 

 used as pocket- handkerchiefs by labourers, but their old 

 use for wrapping and carrying is now but little seen. 



