Barefit

Hector's, the lassies wi 'their shoon in their hands, were walkin' easier barefit and savin 'shoe leather, and a young Embro' leddy, wi 'a hooped skirt wi' the braidin 'like theek rope on a stack, and high-heeled shoon, looked disdainfu' at them. ❋ John Sillars (N/A)

It's as natural for a Hielander to despoil a Southron as for a goose to gang barefit. ❋ William MacLeod Raine (1912)

MacMuir said, "they had gaed barefit thegither amang the braes." ❋ Winston Churchill (1909)

As MacMuir said, "they had gaed barefit thegither amang the braes." ❋ Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 (1899)

I hae ken'd mony an honest man wadna hae ventured this length without he had made his last will and testament --- Mattie had ill-will to see me set awa 'on this ride, and grat awee, the sillie tawpie; but it's nae mair ferlie to see a woman greet than to see a goose gang barefit.' ' ❋ Unknown (1887)

It is nae mair ferly [137] to see a woman greit than to see a goose go barefit. ❋ Ramsay, Edward B (1874)

"Mattie had ill will to see me set awa on this ride, and grat awee, the silly tawpie; but it's nae mair ferlie to see a woman greet than to see a goose gang barefit." ❋ Alexander Hislop (1836)

It's nae mair ferlie to see a woman greet than to see a goose gang barefit. ❋ Alexander Hislop (1836)

I hae ken’d mony an honest man wadna hae ventured this length without he had made his last will and testament — Mattie had ill-will to see me set awa’ on this ride, and grat awee, the sillie tawpie; but it’s nae mair ferlie to see a woman greet than to see a goose gang barefit.” ❋ Unknown (2005)

"'I haena heard it sin I ran barefit aboot the hills,' he said, an 'he wad hae me sing the lines ower again: ❋ Robert E. Knowles (N/A)

Ye may hae come barefit, but the ither ane has the preference. " ❋ Neil Munro (N/A)

It's na mair to see a woman greet than to see a goose gang barefit. " ❋ Hall Caine (1892)

Come barefit to the kirk, and I'll consider the maitter again. '" ❋ Unknown (1887)

I hae ken'd mony an honest man wadna hae ventured this length without he had made his last will and testament -- Mattie had ill-will to see me set awa 'on this ride, and grat awee, the sillie tawpie; but it's nae mair ferlie to see a woman greet than to see a goose gang barefit. " ❋ Walter Scott (1801)