By far the most interesting are the special-trim two-door (and, rarely, the occasional four-door) New Yorker models with Scottish plaid cloth and leatherette upholstery.

Elizabeth O'Brien, a writer, dragged her tree over swathed in a purple and green plaid cloth.

In the woods the boys find only a few slim clues: a flashlight bearing the initials T.M., a few scraps of bright plaid cloth, and two empty shotgun shells which had been fired recently.

Ratnasambhava, one of the five cosmic Buddhas, is the subject of a 13th-century painting on plaid cloth.

Instead of the ubiquitous breeches this man wore a kilt of heavy plaid cloth that came high on his sturdy legs.

Their only weapons are a six-foot spear, shield, sword and knobkerrie, their only protection from the elements a thin, short red plaid cloth tied like a toga at the shoulder.

"Picnic" is even busier, with two men cavorting on another plaid cloth as a woman in the background peruses a menu.

Bouquets of fresh flowers are also on each of a handful of tables, which are covered with floral or bright plaid cloths under glass.

The plaid cloth was old-she could see the fading along the creases and the wornness at the hem-but carefully kept.

Another fragment of plaid cloth lay a few feet away, deeper into the alley that ran alongside the ruins.