What does the "dicing" mean?

[Nervous Jock]

A believe the dicing o' hats is a regimental thing. Aw scottish regiments wear dicing roon there Glengarry's and a tartan swatch on there TOS (tam o shanter) Fer example the KOSB and Highland regiments hae a Red, white and Green dicing roond there,s. The Argylls wear Red and White. Ma mate has a black and white diced balmoral which a believe wis a Lovat Scout bonnet.

While the New Regiment is standardised if we go back (which I assume you have done because you mentioned KOSB) he Black Watch didn't have dicing round there Glengarry. Like wise no tartan patch.

[Archangel]

...the assigning of certain loyalties to them may be a romantic notion only.

Todd

Gosh, that wouldn't happen with Scottish clothing, would it?

[Oatmeal Savage]

I have heard that black and white dicing means take no prisoners and the white stood for the living, the red the wounded and the black the dead. This is why I posted the question. Thanks cajunscot for the links.

Kevin

[Raptor]

Then just to confuse the issue, in some regiments wearing dicing depended on your rank...

[haukehaien]

Then just to confuse the issue, in some regiments wearing dicing depended on your rank...

Exactly! And in many pipe bands the drummers have dicing while the pipers don't ....

[beloitpiper]

Exactly! And in many pipe bands the drummers have dicing while the pipers don't ....

Yeah, the only reason I wear un-diced bonnets is because I'm a piper, and (in my pipeband, at least) the pipers wear un-diced balmorals while the bass drummer wears a diced feather bonnet.

Not sure of the meaning, but it looks good to me!

[haukehaien]

Yeah, the only reason I wear un-diced bonnets is because I'm a piper, and (in my pipeband, at least) the pipers wear un-diced balmorals while the bass drummer wears a diced feather bonnet.

Not sure of the meaning, but it looks good to me!

I think it means that the pipers are Hanoverian Jacobites who support the restoration of Cromwell, whilst the bass drummer is a Protestant Catholic Highlander from Glasgow, or something. At least that's what I get when I try to absorb the whole thread.

[Macman]

I think it means that the pipers are Hanoverian Jacobites who support the restoration of Cromwell, whilst the bass drummer is a Protestant Catholic Highlander from Glasgow, or something. At least that's what I get when I try to absorb the whole thread.

I like that explanation! This thread kind of reminds me of the thread about all the different meanings there are to what you do with your bonnet ribbons! I doubt we'll ever know the "real" answers, if ever there were any.

[campbell]

A diced bonnet means you support the union of the Crowns in the 1700s. It indicates allegiance to the current monarch, HRH Queen Elizabeth II, and the House of Windsor. It is also used by those who are part English to indicate English blood and/or loyalties. I was taught that only sassenachs wear diced bonnets. However, in the U.S. most people do not know or care about British political history. We are Americans. Most of the people who wear diced bonnets just buy them because they feel they are stylish. Because it is no longer political, and seems to be a fashion issue, I would wear a diced bonnet if it matched my tartan.

[macwilkin]

A diced bonnet means you support the union of the Crowns in the 1700s. It indicates allegiance to the current monarch, HRH Queen Elizabeth II, and the House of Windsor. It is also used by those who are part English to indicate English blood and/or loyalties. I was taught that only sassenachs wear diced bonnets. However, in the U.S. most people do not know or care about British political history. We are Americans. Most of the people who wear diced bonnets just buy them because they feel they are stylish. Because it is no longer political, and seems to be a fashion issue, I would wear a diced bonnet if it matched my tartan.

See my earlier post; what's your documentation for the statement above?

I have never seen anything reliable, save the oft-quoted heresay on the Internet, and we all know how reliable that can be.

If you have a legitmate source that documents this claim, I'd love to see it.

Regards,

Todd