A round, flat cap of Scottish origin, typically made of wool and often with a pom-pom on top.
Short for 'tam o'shanter,' named after the hero of Robert Burns' 1790 poem 'Tam o' Shanter.' In the poem, Tam is a farmer who encounters witches while riding home drunk. The hat got its name because it was the type worn by Scottish farmers like the fictional Tam. Burns took the character's name from a real farm called 'Tam o' Shanter' (meaning 'Tom of Shanter'), making this hat named after both a poem and a place.
This cozy Scottish cap is named after a drunk farmer in a Robert Burns poem who stumbles upon a witch's sabbath. The fact that we're all walking around wearing hats named after a fictional character who had supernatural encounters while intoxicated is wonderfully absurd.
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