Sir, – When I entered Scoil Treasa in Dublin’s Tenters many years ago, my mother brought me to Gorevan’s shop in Camden Street to be fitted with a school blazer and cap, in maroon with gold edging. However, one of the rules regarding the cap was that, whenever I met a priest or nun in the street, I was to raise my cap.
Nowadays, in the current weather conditions, I notice that even cloth caps, long favoured by men with thinning hair, have given way to beanie hats for men, women and children. Once the beanie is on your head there is no raising or removing it until you get home to the comfort of your home. And, in my case, there is one extra advantage. My beanie holds my hearing aids in place as well as keeping my ears warm. – Yours, etc,
TONY CORCORAN,
Rathfarnham,
Dublin 14.