counters

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Sing o' her carles teuch an' auld, Her carlines grim that flyte an' scauld, Her wabsters blithe, an' souters bauld, Her flocks an' herds sae fair to see.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

At hearing this, some witty rascal roared out— "Doun wi' the souters o' Selkirk, And up wi' the Yearl o' Hume."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various

It's muckle gars tailors laugh, but souters girn aye.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

The deil made souters sailors that can neither steer nor row.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander