Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post
Huh, now that's interesting. I hadn't heard that particular tradition before. So the cromach and Balmoral are only appropriate when worn with jacket and tie? I would have thought that these were more practical items that wouldn't be dependent on the level of dress.
That's the problem, isn't it? Some of us are speaking about today and some about yesterday. Today we do not wear bonnets except if the weather is foul or we are about to do some marching with the clan or something. Yesterday we did and all the old photos on which today's discussion is cast are just that -- yesterday. Tradition lives and moves, as we've all said and agreed, and today we carry a cromach and wear a jacket and tie. It's hard to explain, but when we set aside the jacket we set aside the stick, too. Today.