Glengary Bonnets

**fuzzy42nd** · 23rd February 14, 04:56 PM

Good day to all,I need confirmation of this. Do married men tie a knot in the tails of their Glengary Bonnets?

**Richrail** · 23rd February 14, 05:02 PM

Nope, Glengarry's aren't tied at all.

**Chas** · 23rd February 14, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by fuzzy42nd

Good day to all,I need confirmation of this. Do married men tie a knot in the tails of their Glengary Bonnets?

Just as often as single men do.

**Macman** · 23rd February 14, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by fuzzy42nd

Good day to all,I need confirmation of this. Do married men tie a knot in the tails of their Glengary Bonnets?

Not this one

! Welcome to XMTS, by the way!

**ASinclair** · 23rd February 14, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by fuzzy42nd

Good day to all,I need confirmation of this. Do married men tie a knot in the tails of their Glengary Bonnets?

Hello, fuzzy42nd!

As others have said, Glengarry bonnet ribbons are not tied. Balmoral bonnet ribbons may be tied or left untied, and there are some who say the significance of leaving the ribbons untied is to indicate the wearer is 'untied' and available. I tie the ribbons on my Balmoral bonnet because I think it looks better (and so does my wife

).

**JohntheBiker** · 24th February 14, 06:43 AM

No and

from Toronto, Canada

**BCAC** · 24th February 14, 07:08 AM

Welcome to XMarks. This question has been answered a few times on here already. It is a myth. The answer is still no. Tied/untied is not equal to married/unmarried neither is it equal to jacobite or not nor loyal to the crown or not nor anything else that you may have heard. It is simply presonal preference.

Edited to add a question. I'm curious as to why you have been a member since 2009 and this is your first post?

**Chas** · 24th February 14, 07:54 AM

Of course, if you ask someone who has had the wet ribbons lash him in the face and eyes, he will tell you that they should be tied every time.

**Father Bill** · 24th February 14, 08:42 AM

Welcome to the "Great Rabble!"

**Tobus** · 24th February 14, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by Chas

Of course, if you ask someone who has had the wet ribbons lash him in the face and eyes, he will tell you that they should be tied every time.

I wear a Balmoral rather than a Glengarry, and keep the ribbons untied. Mainly because the way my particular Balmoral was constructed, it's impossible to tie them (they are very wide, and stitched together well below their connection point to the back). I'd have to remove them completely and replace them in order to tie them.

And yes, when the wind blows, it's rather annoying to have them flapping in my face. The tails are just the right length so that they whip around and the ends hit my eyeball. This being Texas, I usually wear sunglasses outdoors anyway, but if it weren't for that, I'd likely have lost an eye by now from those silly tails.