Matron's badge

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The Matron's Badge or brèid, was a gentlewoman's head dress worn in the Scottish Highlands in former times. It consisted of a square of fine linen, pinned round the head, fastened with cords of silk or gold, donned by a woman, the morning after her marriage, and regarded as the badge of wifehood.

This article incorporates text from "Dwelly's [Scottish] Gaelic Dictionary" (1911) (Brèid)