Figure 1.--Almost all younger Swiss school boys wore long stockings during the winter, often heavy-weight stockings. We also see boys wearing lighter-weight stockings. This Zurich boy inn 1948 boy looks to be about 7 years old. We see sweatrs so the weather must still have been a little chilly.

Almost all younger Swiss school boys wore long stockings during the winter. We do not know much about the 19th century, but this was the case in the 20th century, at least the first half of the century when long stockings were commonly worn. We see little difference among children about 6-10 years of age. Mothers were especally concerned with keeping younger choldren warm in the cold weather. There were other reasons for wearing long stockings, but warmth was especially important for the younger children. Some also worn them even when the weather began to warm up. Some of the children began wearing knee socks, but thers cointinued to wear the long stockings. Unlike older boys, the younger boys were ulikely to role down their long stokings if hey did not like them or the wearher turned warm.

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