Where to wear the Glengarry??

[Nanook]

is a cultural norm in English-speaking societies;

Its a Christian norm--- England may have a State Church but not all English subjects are subjects of that Church--- following "Apostille" Paul of Tarsus-- excluding, I guess the camauros, zucchettos and birettas of clergy and various academic caps worn by University heads (such as the Chancellor at Oxford). Universities of tradition, of course, all started off their lives out of Theology (logic and grammar). This was not limited to Christian ("Papal") institutions but also the Babylonian (Talmudic) Academies and various Islamic Schools (such as Al-Azhar University in Cairo) that pre-date them as well as the great Yeshivas that grew out of Manz (Rabbenu Gershom) in the 10th and 11th century--- and completely destroyed in 1096 under Papal cover. Oxford got created by Henry II to drive English students away from Paris. Although set a few centuries later Eco's "Il Nome della rosa" is an interesting excurse into Medieval logical methodology and the impact of Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus on "others". William of Ockham actually attended Oxford (where he studied but apparently did not complete his masters). The 1400s is an interesting marking point since its was a period of rapid growth in the number of European Universities (all founded by Papal Bulla), Spanish Inquisition and an institutionalization of radicalization. Hats were, of coures, long before instrumentalized. Harun al-Rashid ordered the yellow colour for all Jews living under Muslim rule in 904. Fourth Council of the Lateran under Pope Innocent III issued a Bulla in 1215 (same year as the Magna Carta Libertatum) requiring that Jews were a yellow pointy hat as "Stigma" (shame and sin in the sense of Paul of Tarsus).

[mudd]

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Sooo... Don't hang dice from your rear-view-mirror when wearing a glenmoral.

Got it.

[Kid Cossack]

In an attempt to wrench this thread back on topic, I must say that on the few occasions when I have worn a Glengarry, I have worn it on my head.

[PiobBear]

Where to wear the Glengarry??

Another thing about glens; if you wear them in the rain, they make a great rain gutter, channeling water down the back of your neck.

The answer, of course, is to wear it athwartships instead of fore-and-aft. This will have the added advantage of perplexing those who ascribe political signifigance to which way the glen is tilted.