To dice, or not to dice

[george7]

How about this point... Who in the Czech Republic is going to call you out?

[JS Sanders]

Why not consider a glengarry of a color other than black?



Slainte yall,
steve

[macwilkin]

How about this point... Who in the Czech Republic is going to call you out?

He lives in Northumberland, though.

T.

[Scrapscot]

I'll never forget an event my late husband & I went to many, many years ago; he was wearing a diced glen and got "royally" chewed out by an old Glaswegian; who we could hardly understand..something about the "queen" and the "regiments" and he shouldn't be wearing that. Not totally sure what he was all about, but we got the impression he wasn't very fond of the Royal family!!

[gilmore]

Not to hijack the thread, but what about the feathers? I've heard that only certain members of the clan are allowed (or should) wear feathers in their covers.

It's true that the custom is that chiefs, chieftans, armigers and some others wear a specified number of feathers, but those are, or were, eagle feathers, before eagles became endangered. The wearing of pheasant feathers has become rather popular among Tartan Army men and others, not signifying anything but decoration.

[Jock Scot]

Steady there, please.Not all Scots agree with you and this Scot served in Her Majesty's forces with great pride.

[Jock Scot]

Jock

We can agree to disagree about where our sympathies lie. What cannot be argued against is the longstanding record of Scottish royalty being in place only on the sufferance of the people. If they weren't up to the job, they could be removed.

I bear no personal ill-will against the current queen, but I'd rather we had a series of self-governing co-operatives instead!

I trust that you get the original point of the thread, which is to be respectful all 'round, to ex-military blokes like you especially.

Cheers

Bruce

This is not the place to air views on the pros and cons of our monarchy and yes, you should get back to the original thread.

[Jock Scot]

A Glengarry is neither use nor ornament in my book and as I did not serve in a Scottish regiment I am not too sure of the military/civilian protocols,when it comes to dicing on a Glengarry.I would think that as long as there were NO unit cap badges to go with it, all would be well.I stand to be corrected though.

Dicing on a balmoral,folklore notwithstanding,is easier ,you wear a diced bonnet or you don't.Up here undiced is the norm, although I am the exception.

Feathers look to me rather theatrical and out of place ,unless you are talking about eagle feathers and the people that are entitled to wear them.That looks fine to me,but all and sundry wearing non typical addornments in their bonnets should desist.Eagle feathers ,by the way,are not too difficult to obtain(legally)if you know where to look.

[Stratherrick]

Jock

Some interesting thoughts from your perspective. The only time I've worn my Glengarry was last year in a pub in Edinburgh for the Scotland vs Italy football game, a couple of feathers 'n' all!

As you say, hats are pretty OTT in many ways and, although I strap my kilt on at the drop of a hat (), and ALWAYS, north of the border, I can't see myself wearing it at anything other than as part of the Tartan Army or at weddings etc, as I am in a few week's time.

As for the feathers, I got them from some roadkill pheasant that was particularly red in colour, though eagle's feather would be nice.

I'm planning time in Stratherrick with my wife and some/all of our 4 kids this weekend, if shifts allow (we're both nurses).

Cheers

Bruce

[Kilted in Maine]

It's true that the custom is that chiefs, chieftans, armigers and some others wear a specified number of feathers, but those are, or were, eagle feathers, before eagles became endangered. The wearing of pheasant feathers has become rather popular among Tartan Army men and others, not signifying anything but decoration.

There was much discussion on this thread regarding feathers...

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/n...hlight=feather