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The first place in the Western world to imitate the design was the town of Paisley in Scotland, Europe's top producer of textiles at this time. [16] Before being produced in Paisley, thus gaining its name in Western culture, the paisley motif was originally referred to by Westerners simply as "pine and cone."
Paisley (/ ˈpeɪzli / PAYZ-lee; Scots: Paisley; Scottish Gaelic: Pàislig [ˈpʰaːʃlɪkʲ]) is a large town situated in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Located north of the Gleniffer Braes, the town borders the city of Glasgow to the east, and straddles the banks of the White Cart Water, a tributary of the River Clyde.
Paisley (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–1983), corresponding to the Scottish town. Paisley Grammar School, in Paisley, Renfrewshire. Paisley Park, a record label owned by the musician Prince; also the name of his estate. Paisley Terrier, a breed of dog, ancestor of the Yorkshire Terrier. Paisley Underground, a style of 1960s influenced ...
Dr George McPhee. Paisley Abbey is a parish church of the Church of Scotland on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, about 7 miles (11 kilometres) west of Glasgow, in Scotland. Its origins date from the 12th century, based on a former Cluniac monastery. Following the Reformation in the 16th ...
Trotters (originally a football term, it is now used to describe anyone from Bolton and surrounding area), Noblot (collective noun, anagram for Bolton) Bo'ness. Bo'neds (pejorative) Bournemouth. Coffin Dodgers (due its popularity as a retirement area) Bradford. Bradfordians, Bradistanis (pejorative) Bramley.
Paisley shawls. Paisley shawls were a fashionable item of women's clothing in Europe during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Many were made of intricately woven and delicate wool, as well as examples being printed onto silks, wools, and cotton. These pieces were highly decorative.
After high school I took a gap year, then attended an elite musical theater conservatory in New York City. The program was brutally demanding but mercifully short, a mere two years, yet each one ...
Following is a list of placenames of Scottish origin which have subsequently been applied to parts of the United States by Scottish emigrants or explorers.. There are some common suffixes.