Yellow tourie preferred?

**Dale Seago** · 1st November 11, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by Harold Cannon

". . . making ones "tourie" yellow instead of red wool, the former as everyone knows, the favourite colour of the Gael."

I suspect this "favorite color" bit may actually refer to the Gaels' preference, up into at least the 1600s if I recall correctly, for saffron-dyed leines/shirts. That shade of yellow does seem to have been something they were fond of.

**Pleater** · 2nd November 11, 03:17 AM

The red/yellow waistcoat choice doesn't seem to have stood the test of time - English gents have been putting on yellow waistcoats with their sports coat and flannels as casual country attire for a long while now.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**Jock Scot** · 2nd November 11, 04:43 AM

Originally Posted by Pleater

The red/yellow waistcoat choice doesn't seem to have stood the test of time - English gents have been putting on yellow waistcoats with their sports coat and flannels as casual country attire for a long while now.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

We are living in different times now, but in the not so distant past, "gentlemen" did not wear red waistcoats(civilian wear) because they did not want to be mistaken for "staff". I think there was a lot of truth in that.

Also a yellow waistcoat was, and still is, worn with your hunting(horses and hounds) attire, so a versatile piece of kit for the country set.