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    Golf and football were both banned in Scotland in 1457, because they had become too much of a distraction from the war effort against England.

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The bustle was first patented by Alexander Douglas

On the 21st April, 1857, Alexander Douglas received the first patent for a bustle, providing adjustable fullness below the waist of dresses and skirts.

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