Old scots word for shoemaker was a snab or snob if your english, he got the pick of the good leather and the cobblers got the what was left,this is where the expression comes from if someone is called a snob. Kilmarnock in Scotland was the biggest shoemaking city in its day. Apart from shoes,scabbards,sword belts and targes I think it would be like any country if there where coo's in a field.