Traditional Rain Clothing

[Lallans]

The modern ones are useless for anything other than getting dirty and looking kinda funny. They won't keep you dry at all, and you're far better off with a good pair of boots, unless you happen to be wearing full No. 1 dress for some reason.

I confess that I cannot hear the word "spats" without seeing a mental image of Uncle Scrooge McDuck, who wore them over his bare duck feet. Secondary, followup image is of the Jiggs character in the comic strip Bringing Up Father, whose likeness was once used, no doubt illegally, on the dunnies of a portapotty type company in Montreal. Spats are ruined for me forever.