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[chrisupyonder]

Thanks Jock, you are a mine of information.
Another question for you. Is there anything in the way the ribbon tails are worn, loose or tied in a bow? Is it anything to do with highlanders/Lowelanders as some local expert? tried to tell me.

Chris.

[Cowher]

Thanks Jock, you are a mine of information.
Another question for you. Is there anything in the way the ribbon tails are worn, loose or tied in a bow? Is it anything to do with highlanders/Lowelanders as some local expert? tried to tell me.

Chris.

I have been told it relates to your relationship status.
Loose = single
Tied = married

But that sounds like another myth to me

[Jock Scot]

Thanks Jock, you are a mine of information.
Another question for you. Is there anything in the way the ribbon tails are worn, loose or tied in a bow? Is it anything to do with highlanders/Lowelanders as some local expert? tried to tell me.

Chris.

Well this one has a certain amount of foundation. Whilst I did not serve in a Scottish Regiment, so I stand to be corrected here, but Lowland regiments left their ribbons untied and the Highlanders had their ribbons tied. I think the civilians wear theirs following on from this. From a practical point of view, getting whacked in the eye with a damp ribbon blowing in the wind is distinctly unpleasant, so tying them in a bow, or just cutting the damn things off, solves the problem!

Yes the married/unmarried ribbon thing is a myth too, although I know of one or two small localities in the Western Highlands where they will, rather tongue in cheek, expound this theory.

[mookien]

Yes the married/unmarried ribbon thing is a myth too, although I know of one or two small localities in the Western Highlands where they will, rather tongue in cheek, expound this theory.

Perhaps we're watching the early stages of a myth evolving into tradition.

[Jock Scot]

Dual post,sorry, now deleted.