Traditions of Edinburgh . Old Risps. survives in the Old Town. They were almost all disused manyyears ago, when knockers were generally substituted as morestylish. Knockers at that time did not long remain in repute,though they have never been altogether superseded, even bybells, in the Old Town. The comparative merit of knockersand pins was for a long time a controversial point, and manyknockers got their heads twisted off in the course of the were, upon the whole, considered very inoffensive, decent,old-fashioned things, being made of a modest metal, andmaking little show upon a
Traditions of Edinburgh . Old Risps. survives in the Old Town. They were almost all disused manyyears ago, when knockers were generally substituted as morestylish. Knockers at that time did not long remain in repute,though they have never been altogether superseded, even bybells, in the Old Town. The comparative merit of knockersand pins was for a long time a controversial point, and manyknockers got their heads twisted off in the course of the were, upon the whole, considered very inoffensive, decent,old-fashioned things, being made of a modest metal, andmaking little show upon a door; knockers were thought upstart,prominent, brazen-faced articles, and received the full share ofodium always conferred by Scotsmen of the old school upontasteful improvements. Every drunken fellow, in reeling home 228 / TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH. at night, thought it good sport to carry oflf all the knockers thatcame in his way; and as drunken gentlemen were verynumerous, many acts of violence were committed, and some-
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