Her hands are claws she keeps concealed within her rags and tatters. BNCB
She propped Scathach against the ledge of the wide window, then made a nest in the middle of the room, furs, clothing, rags and tatters of standards. BNCB
She came out of the marshes, and she was grey all over grey hair, grey face, grey rags and tatters and all mired and spattered, besides, from the marsh mud. BNCB