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the word moccasin comes from the eastern woodland language

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I underestood it was a word the Gaels of Scotland took to the Americas in the 17th Century.The wore on there feet brogans and when the English speaking settlers pointed down and asked what the soft leather footwear was, although they couldnt answer in English they replied my foot in gaelic 'mo cashin', sorry spelling not 100%

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