Gaberlunzie

The name may derive from the wallet that such people carried,[1] or from a combination of the French words 'gaban' (a cloak with tight sleeves and a hood) and 'laine' (wool), as these beggars often wore coarse woollen gowns.

Gaberlunzies were also known as King's Bedesmen or blue gouns (the gowns were part of the alms given by the monarch).

[6] The word also makes an appearance in novels in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series - Treason's Harbour (1983) and The Hundred Days (1998).

[clarification needed] The word is also referenced in the Outlander television series: in Episode 8 of Season 1, a character by the name of Hugh Munro wears many tokens on his chest, granting him permission to beg in different Scottish parishes.

[7] James V admired the life so much he would adopt the cloak and purse and travel his kingdom incognito, reciting ballads for supper and board.