Bowyangs
Bowyangs are pieces of cord, rope or leather that are tied around the wearer's lower legs. A "bowyang" is a single piece of the tie. Bowyangs come in several varieties: In England, bowyangs (but not by that name - in Norfolk they were called Elijahs) were an integral feature of “gorblimey trousers”, baggy corduroy trousers worn by e.g. coalmen and dustmen as featured in the song “My Old Man’s a Dustman” by Lonnie Donegan. In some parts of Scotland they were known as “Nicky-tams”, and is the subject of a traditional Bothy Ballad of the same name