NitrousOxide wrote:
Are they long lost relatives of squirrels? :p
Don't be silly. Squires are nothing like squirrels:
squire
\Squire\, n. [Aphetic form of esquire.]
1. A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
2. A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire. [Eng.] ``His privy knights and squires.'' --Chaucer.
3. A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
4. A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire
And a squiral is a dance they do on Mondays for which they wear a blue or green hat. But in my case it was a grey hat. Therefore what i saw was very rare indeed.