Originally Posted by
Tobus
So then a cromach is indeed a status symbol of sorts? I have seen photos of Highland gatherings where almost everyone had one (including the younger lads), and I can't figure out where the cromach fits in with other accessories which seem to be fairly well defined and have rules or traditions associated with them. The cromach seems to be mostly ignored, though, in explanations of how to dress.
I think sometimes a walking stick is just a walking stick.
As far as I know, there's no particular significance to the cromach (e.g., it doesn't show you to be a chief, chieftan, armiger, Lord-Lieutenant, or Chief Cook and Bottle Washer). It's just a traditional type of walking stick.
I don't claim to be an expert on them, though.
"To the make of a piper go seven years of his own learning, and seven generations before. At the end of his seven years one born to it will stand at the start of knowledge, and leaning a fond ear to the drone he may have parley with old folks of old affairs." - Neil Munro
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