Ghillies
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These moccasin-like shoes are all based on a simple patterns which are gathered around the foot with a drawstring lace -a "point", made of leather, or rawhide. These are the ancestors of the scalloped-upper "dance ghillies" worn by modern Highland, or Irish dancers.
Cuarans, or rivelins are based on the same rough shape as the ghillie, but often without the slits in the leather around the toes. The disadvantage with this is that it requires thinner leather for it to gather together around the toes comfortably, and it offers a less coverage to the top of the foot. Pampooties were an Irish name for a shoe based on the same draw-string idea.
