Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
For purely organizational reasons all of the "feathered chappies" from up on the stage were asked to flock together so that they could be easily located, if needed.

As I recall the "big tent" was Clan Sinclair, whose chief, the Earl of Caithness, was honoured chief of the games. The next tent was Clan Boyle then Clan MacMillan. Boyle had more "vacant space" than either of it's neighbors, so Way of Plean and Squire of Rubislaw (both members of clan MacMillan by bonds of manrent) along with Harden of Cowdenknowes, pitched up there, while my wife and I took shelter from the sun with "oor ain folks" in the MacMillan tent next door (if tents can be considered to have doors ).
Ah, I see. I just assumed it was something liquid the Lady of the Tent was serving.

;-)

It was very cool to have them all next to us!

Thank you for your definitions too. You have cleared up several questions I had but may I ask one more? There are people who have arms created. They have traced their ancestry back to Scotland and then arms are created for those ancestors and now the current person gets arms after paying certain fees. Is this person now considered nobility?