Quote Originally Posted by gilmore View Post
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...

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