pilgrim's hat
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{{Short description|Hat used by pilgrims on the Way of St. James}}
{{About|the hat used by pilgrims on the Way of St. James|the hat associated with Puritan costume|capotain}}
File:Wappen Gossel.jpg, Germany features Saint James wearing a pilgrim's hat with the scallop shell on the front brim]]
A pilgrim's hat, cockel hat or traveller's hat, is a wide brim hat used to keep off the sun.{{Cite web |year=1894 |title=Cockle Hat |url=http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/brewers/cockle-hat.html |access-date=2018-03-05 |website=The Friar of Orders Grey; Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer |publisher=Beaumont and Fletcher |via=Infoplease.com}}
Background
The pilgrim's hat traditionally had a scallop shell emblem. This is thought to be a reference to the Christian legend that, after Saint James died in Jerusalem, he was miraculously carried by angels to the Atlantic coast of Spain, although the shell symbol has also been connected to pre-Christian traditions as well.{{Cite book |last=Chico |first=Beverly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lqe3lwEACAAJ |title=Hats and Headwear around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2013 |page=377|isbn=9781610690621 }}
Traditionally it is highly associated with pilgrims on the Way of St. James. The upturned brim of the hat is adorned with a scallop shell to denote the traveller's pilgrim status,{{Cite web |date=2005-04-30 |title=Camino Santiago de Compostela, Frances, Fisterra and Portugues |url=https://www.caminoguides.com/history.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110100335/https://www.caminoguides.com/history.html |archive-date=January 10, 2012 |access-date=2018-03-05 |publisher=Camino Pilgrim Guides}} although modern walkers wear it much less.{{Cite book |last=Sánchez y Sánchez |first=Samuel |title=The Camino de Santiago in the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Global Views |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1138053410 |editor-last=Annie Hesp}}
Pilgrim's hats occasionally appear in heraldry, oftentimes alongside pilgrim's staffs.{{Cite web |date=2018-02-14 |title=Pilgrims and Heraldry |url=https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/pilgrims-and-heraldry/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=The Heraldry Society |language=en-GB}}
See also
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