Right up to circa 1800, peasant men wore their hair long, and the longer, the better. It was an imitation of the allonge wigs of the Baroque period. However, peasants never wore wigs. Going without a wig was called "walking in one's own hair." In the late 1700s, itinerant peddler men from Holstein began wearing their hair shorter and over time that fashion spread throughout Denmark to some extent. 

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In the above image, the breeches are made of deerskin and use silver-gilded buttons. The wool socks are knitted in stockinette, or stocking, stitch. A Rhinelander scarf is worn around the neck.