When did the pom-pom started to be worn on the Scots bonnet?
The pompom is called a toorie. The original Scottish Blue Bonnet was knitted, then shrunk to make the fabric dense. It had tuft of thread left in middle. When the Tam O’Shanter and Glengarry style bonnets started to be made of woven cloth the tuft of wool became stylised into the toorie. Blue bonnets go back to at least the 16th Century. (if anyone has any earlier references to blue bonnets please let us know.
