Would you ever wear a feather in your cap, particularly in the U.S.?

[ThistleDown]

I think by now that eagle feathers have been covered as far as Scots traditions go. There is certainly one Clan Chief who wears pheasant feathers instead. I don't know if he has not got eagle feathers to hand, or he prefers pheasant feathers, or perhaps it is a Clan tradition, but I am abolutely sure that wearing any feather, other than eagle feathers, will not tread on any Scots toe. Although many of us would wonder why any one else would bother.

I think you are referring to Alan Maclean of Dochgarroch, Jock. He is chief of the Macleans of the North, but also a chieftain of the Clan Maclean. His father chose to recognise this dual ranking by adopting 3 pheasant feathers rather than switching back and forth between 3 eagle feathers and 2, depending on which position he was in at any given time. Alan is following his father in this rationale.

Rex